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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Saved my mom's 2012 Mac Mini from the dump with Linux Mint 21.3 Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 06:10:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <20240616171407.47679d9f@big-rig> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:10:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3ea2dc79b0c1f012b766a5c78ebea5a0"; logging-data="557411"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX195B3lyGvI31Q4VzweTqHZRyVIhZNHWj9cY20nv8I/INw==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cNoYYFFo1oi8jrGrm1ML22/le+o= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 00:28 this Monday (GMT): > On 2024-06-16, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >> On 2024-06-16 18:14, Hunter wrote: >>> On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 17:56:02 -0400 >>> Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>> >>>> Just finished installing it. It took an enormous amount of time as a >>>> result of the slow HD on the machine and the fact that USB ports on >>>> this thing don't support anything faster than USB 2.0. Still, it's >>>> done. It's a usable computer again. >>> >>> Great. Linux breathes life into old machines, but for extremely >>> low spec ones I prefer to have something like AntiX (mainly because >>> of the low memory footprint). >> >> It's not going to be a daily machine, so I don't really mind if it's a >> little slower than it can be. It's clearly not very fast by today's >> standards, but it does the job as it is. > > Used SSDs are so inexpensive now that I can't imagine using hard drives for > anything but backup — even on old machines. Why backup? Do they last longer? -- user is generated from /dev/urandom