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Subject: Re: Linux 6.11.4
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:25:02 +0100
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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.

I might have moved her to Linux when she had more marbles, but difficult 
now.

So any slagging off of Windows is OK with me.

Mum's new DECT/GAP phone handset was irritatingly shit too, but that is 
a different story. Why can't they make simple android WiFi phones, like 
a smart phone, but with buttons instead of a touch screen.