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On 10/18/24 8:25 AM, Pancho wrote:
> On 10/18/24 11:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 18/10/2024 03:58, % wrote:
>>> vallor wrote:
>>>> $ uname -a
>>>> Linux lm 6.11.4 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
>>>> Thu Oct 17 14:53:09 PDT 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>> ChangeLog:
>>>> https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.11.4
>>>>
>>>> Building the kitchen-sink kernel took:
>>>> real 390.04
>>>> user 18175.87
>>>> sys 3742.11
>>>>
>>>>   ...using RAMdisk on a 64-thread AMD Threadripper.
>>>>
>>>> Find kernel source at https://kernel.org ... if you dare!
>>>>
>>> why don't i just buy a computer that does what i want
>>
>> LOL!
>>
>> Well the problem is that no computer I have ever bought 'just does 
>> what I want'.
>>
>> But I have found that the least labour intensive path to that is a 
>> cheap secondhand business computer and Linux Mint.
>>
> 
> I think %'s point is that you didn't build the kernel from scratch, you 
> installed a prebuilt disto.
> 
> Although to be fair, I spent yesterday at my Mum's and tried to scrap 
> her old Windows 10 PC for a new windows 11 PC. I've never used a Windows 
> 11 PC. I lost the will to live, when the log on process demanded a PIN 
> and a Microsoft account, no way could she understand that with her 
> dementia.

   Gotta deal with that evil early during installation,
   and they don't make it easy anymore, and you'd better
   not have any net connection it can find.

   Anyway, you CAN compile it yourself - but it's easier
   to pick a good distro and then tweak it a bit after.

   As for your Mum ... KDE desktop ? The look and feel
   are kinda like Winders, and can be set to be even
   more so. Linux Lite resembles Winders too. Kubuntu,
   well, if you can stand what Canonical has done to
   Linux ....