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Subject: Re: A New GNU/Linux Machine: Status Report
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On 12/19/2024 3:45 PM, Lameass Larry Piet wrote:

> My new machine is approaching.

So is age 50, and you and your wrinkly crapbox will have jack shit to 
show for it.


> I anticipate that, by working here and there and off and on,
> I should be finished with the installation by mid-March 2025.

Make it Christmas 2025 - give yourself some breathing room to install 
all that hobbyist dreck.



 > For one thing, I have over 400 packages to build according to
> the new machine specs.

What an asshole.



> Now, I can hear all the distro lackeys exclaim: "WTF!  I can
> install a GNU/Linux distro in 15 fucking minutes!"
> 
> My answer lies within the common aphorism:
> 
> Rome was not built in a day.
> 
> Rome, the great capital of Western civilization stood for many
> centuries.  Such a marvel indeed could not be built in a day.
> 
> The same applies to a GNU/Linux distro.
> 
> Only an ignoramus idiot would be content with what the distros
> offer.

Only an incel loser would compile 400 (cr)apps for one computer.



> My new machine will replace one that is based on an Intel Core
> i7-4770, a CPU which was first released in 2013.  But thanks to
> a custom GNU/Linux install, that "old" hardware can rival any
> more current machine -- and I have the benchmarks to prove it.

No, you don't.

Plus you'll snivel and whine and dismiss ANY benchmark besides that 
single SciMark benchmark that proves nothing.

Gentoo is 37% faster my ass.


> Rome was not built in a day, and when I am finished my new machine
> will beat all comers for many years into the future.
 > Customization and configuration are what make GNU/Linux the King.

All dressed up and no one to blow.



> Microslop Winblows is but the welfare agent for the stupid.
> 
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!


Your time would be FAR better spent laying horizontally and blubbering 
on a psychologist's sofa.