Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: Getting along without a keyboard Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:15:17 +0100 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <20240919175102.ec8dd79632efdcad7c26798e@eircom.net> <20240919191045.f0fdf88052832a25bdf7599d@eircom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:15:18 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ca99ca0b3b9e78d5b7fcd78bcd22b9f8"; logging-data="1078776"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/l3iJbFie1+C7Vq72aR1ztOxpaTTeXEe8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Vj0lPJyE/F1J3zl3GDlmfrDQjhk= In-Reply-To: <20240919191045.f0fdf88052832a25bdf7599d@eircom.net> Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 2347 On 19/09/2024 19:10, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:44:49 +0100 > The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> On 19/09/2024 17:51, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >>> On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:48:01 +0100 >>> The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> >>>> Given that few of us have internet connections over 100Mbps, that >>>> hardly seems an issue >>> >>> I've had gigabit FTTH for a few years now - and I'm in rural >>> Ireland. I use an old PC running FreeBSD as a router/firewall, I've >>> never liked commercial routers, using a proper OS is so much easier. >>> >> I picked the 'economy' package at 40/10 Mps > > Wow the only options on offer here are 500/50 or 1000/100 with the > price increment for 1000/100 being minimal. > I bet your linux updates dont download any faster though... -- “But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis!” Mary Wollstonecraft