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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
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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

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