Deutsch English Français Italiano |
<vks8gp$1551l$2@dont-email.me> View for Bookmarking (what is this?) Look up another Usenet article |
Path: ...!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:39:05 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 49 Message-ID: <vks8gp$1551l$2@dont-email.me> References: <vkjmdg$30kff$1@dont-email.me> <1814c96a2531ed89$71164$2566989$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <20241226105710.000038df@gmail.com> <1814d0bcbc9ec299$70911$364562$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <20241226115911.00000558@gmail.com> <pan$54a47$9e88fb5$c96f8656$fa58d43e@linux.rocks> <vkmht3$3lt6c$2@dont-email.me> <vkmkao$3mtst$1@dont-email.me> <vkoqn0$aipd$1@dont-email.me> <18155ffbe50d7fcb$4027$32720$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <vkrshe$12584$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:39:05 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1b894900feeaf6d73c8272da17eedb78"; logging-data="1217589"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX187G9iXLuKyOblw+rrTYRJJ1iO9pZvaoYE=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:yNGUb07TtWO2yW+3ulludq0w38s= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <vkrshe$12584$2@dont-email.me> Bytes: 3164 On 29/12/2024 16:14, -hh wrote: > 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. > > # Who bit your bum today? > -hh -- Karl Marx said religion is the opium of the people. But Marxism is the crack cocaine.