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Subject: Re: Ubuntu, The Pussy Distro, Is Going Rust
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:53:26 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-25, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2025-03-24 7:57 p.m., rbowman wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:36:49 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>> 
>>> Yeah, I remember LILO. I don't remember when it stopped being used, but
>>> it was definitely there when I was first using Linux back in the 90s.
>> 
>> I think most distros went to grub around 2005.
>> 
>> https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4622
>> 
>> The good old days...  well, not being a masochist, maybe the not so good
>> old days. I had a lot more patience 25 years ago.
>
> I had a lot more patience then too. At this point in my life, while 
> still devoted to the _idea_ that all the code I run will be open-source, 
> I'm not as willing as I used to be to accept compromises in ease of use. 
> That said, any non-gaming machine I run, or any "outdated" computer in 
> my possession will be running Linux going forward. Windows will be on 
> the newest machine for as long as it's new.
>
> I can't tell you how much I enjoy getting to work in the morning and 
> being greeted by an all Intel machine that runs Linux wonderfully.

Now you see why I like Linux Mint. I've been using outdated, Intel-only 
machines for a long time now. 

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien