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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Joel Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux 6.11 Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:14:38 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 121 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:14:38 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="04a2b2bb303c57edbe748537d8bd5873"; logging-data="3062768"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18eGCwj7QiMdmwUElHyAhn9a0d6nLwmw4I=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:etVgA07nkqgFIXIgN2adA8dpm90= OS: openSUSE Leap 15.6, with Wine 9.0 for WinAPI Bytes: 4915 DFS wrote: >>>> Microsoft Windows on a computer you keep a long time, >>> >>> I ran my last system ~12 years. Same mobo and case and power supply, >>> but upgraded the RAM and video card and storage and monitor. >> >> And with Linux, that box would still be like new. > >nah... it was fully depreciated the minute you flooded it with GuhNoo >crapware. > >Put 2 computers on eBay: one with Linux and one with Windows (price the >Windows system to account for the license). See which one sells first. Microsoft spares no expense in making Winblows easy to use. A hardcore PC user knows to avoid that bloat. >>>> depending on that arbitrary, aging version, >>> >>> meaningless babble >>> >>> Keep this in mind: most of the world will use desktop Windows their >>> entire lives. >> >> Speaking of "meaningless", "most of the world" isn't motivated to know >> about the alternative. > >That's one of the common excuses. It's probably true that lots of >people don't care about the OS - as long as it's Windows and will open >and run their work files, they're fine. And you would judge what's best, based on them? >>>> until your computer finally blows its brains out. >>> >>> ha! So far my Windows systems exhibit no suicidal ideation. >> >> And yet you did finally replace it, to get Win11. > >No. The mobo died after 12 years. > >So I got a new motherboard, CPU and RAM, and put Win10 on it for a time. > Then Win11 not long after it came out. It's quite possible that the motherboard would've had a longer life with Linux, although you didn't do too bad, admittedly. >>>> I choose Linux. >>> >>> And Wine to run Windows apps. >> >> Very selected, minor ones. > >minor? They were your 2 favorite apps. Agent probably is my favorite app, yeah, but it's still *one* app. I'm using mIRC more like an IRC bot, now, using IRCCloud for my primary connection on both devices. >Have you actually embraced Linux/FOSS yet? Or are you still clinging to >that superior proprietary code? I run plenty of native Linux software. >>> I'm just not close to being willing to give up MS Office, Notepad++, >>> SumatraPDF and other apps in exchange for the Linux alternatives. FML >>> if I was ever forced to use LibreOffice and Thunar every day - that is >>> some seriously craptastic software. >> >> You would put up with Win11 > >Win11 is peachy. VERY trouble free. Only problem I've had is with >Windows Update (and it's not very obtrusive). > >Security Update for Windows (KB5041585) >Failed to install on 8/25/2024 - 0x800f0922 > >That failure has been happening for a month at least. And now it says: > >https://imgur.com/a/tmUHWJt > >There's no excuse. That's M$ proprietary crapware, for you. > > Copilot for that shit? Christ. > >CoPilot is optional. But with GuhNoo, you can't escape the hobby slime. You can turn Copilot off, sure, but they are making it the new name of the OS, basically. I say, jump ship. -- Joel W. Crump Amendment XIV Section 1. [...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.