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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: -hh Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:14:38 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <1814c96a2531ed89$71164$2566989$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <20241226105710.000038df@gmail.com> <1814d0bcbc9ec299$70911$364562$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <20241226115911.00000558@gmail.com> <18155ffbe50d7fcb$4027$32720$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 17:14:39 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8c835ec5d44f4a1d96b4d03da2f34323"; logging-data="1119492"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+A204nlcrPi2lRoDsXYegePRw80xSCeW0=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Hjm0OrTfmZXUlZ7HOsfWJZkoOuM= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <18155ffbe50d7fcb$4027$32720$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Bytes: 2941 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. -hh