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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:14:38 -0500
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On 12/28/24 10:12 AM, Farley Flud wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:25:04 -0500, -hh wrote:
> 
>>
>> He's in YA cycle of building a new PC, which instead of taking hours to
>> get up & running has already consumed a few weeks...
>>
> 
> FYFI, my new Xeon W-1270P 8-core machine with 32G ECC memory
> was originally purchased as a replacement for my Core i7
> which I believed was failing.
> 
> However, after cleaning the heavy dust accumulation from the
> heat sink fan I have not had a recurrence of the symptoms that
> I had at first attributed to a failing MB.

Translation:  self-proclaimed "expert" in everything fails on basic 
troubleshooting due to housekeeping maintenance failure/laziness.

> Now I am stuck with a new machine that I don't really need
> and I am in no fucking hurry to get it up and running.

Translation: a fiscal *and* a productivity squandering.

> But I will have to eventually trash the Core i7 machine even
> though a highly tuned GNU/Linux installation makes it operate
> as good or better than the latest gens.

Translation: attempting to save face by noting that all tech eventually 
becomes obsolete, even if that day for this year is still years away. 
Meantime, the new PC sits idle.

> I have Winblows 10/11 installed on the cheapest junk hardware
> that I possess because that's all that the junk OS deserves.

Translation: not competent enough to get Linux running on even
bare iron in less than a week.


-hh