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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David Brown Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: xxd -i vs DIY Was: C23 thoughts and opinions Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 19:27:51 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <00297443-2fee-48d4-81a0-9ff6ae6481e4@gmail.com> <87msoh5uh6.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87y18047jk.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87msoe1xxo.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87ikz11osy.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <20240528144118.00002012@yahoo.com> <20240528185624.00002494@yahoo.com> <20240528232315.00006a58@yahoo.com> <20240529130818.000070bf@yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 19:27:51 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="763ab83a6ce2cbcea8e68ae5995651d8"; logging-data="1309018"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX199Yj/sO+UFFzZG/2AOgDtFg+HUNB3pO0E=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:FcTSC8GrZdQlwEfqG4dBHIsoXZE= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 3201 On 29/05/2024 18:27, Malcolm McLean wrote: > On 29/05/2024 13:10, David Brown wrote: >> >> It wasn't the cheapest available, and 64 GB memory (and 4 TB SSD) >> don't come free.  (And I buy these bare-bones.  Machines with Windows >> "pre-installed" are often cheaper because they are sponsored by the >> junk-ware and ad-ware forced on unsuspecting users.) >> > Yes, I got a job at Cambridge which didn't work out (Cantab dons, much > less tolerant people then their counterparts at another university, but > that's another story). And I was given a brand new Windows machine, and > told that we had to use Linux. So I installed a Linux version which ran > on top of Windows. No good, I was told. Might cause problems with that > "interesting" set up. So I had to scrub a brand new version of Windows. > It felt like the most extravagant waste. > While I prefer to get machines without an OS, I can't see any issue with wiping existing Windows - I've done that countless times. When you buy a machine with Windows "pre-installed", no one has paid more than a handful of dollars/pounds/kroner for it. Indeed, the crap-ware vendors might have sponsored it, and I don't mind if their money was wasted. Even for a Windows machine, I often prefer to install Windows myself from scratch. The exception is for laptops where it is often a pain to get all the drivers like.