Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Physfitfreak Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:52:46 -0600 Organization: individual Lines: 70 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 07:52:47 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="79dd1aa4ed4f89469bade9373fd80de9"; logging-data="2985396"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18K81fygN5anP8oUvyAUv1EWQCmpktna8w=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:sXhG/wn9/mSQULMgqDsmpQ9fMCQ= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US, fa-IR Bytes: 3540 On 1/29/25 9:26 PM, -hh wrote: > On 1/29/25 3:20 PM, Physfitfreak wrote: >> On 1/29/25 12:33 PM, -hh wrote: >>> On 1/29/25 11:50 AM, Physfitfreak wrote: >>>> >>>> Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer. >>> >>> If it does what you need it to do, great. >>> >>> >>>> Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on yours. >>>> Hehe :) >>> >>> Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality.  Indeed, if I had a need for >>> a minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around that I >>> could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one last >>> month for more than 10x your bargain find. >>> >>> >>>> And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap >>>> your computers. >>>> >>>> Hahhahhahhahh :-)) >>>> >>>> You Bozos will get more out of them that way. >>> >>> Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs >>> are being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special:  it >>> seems that being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there >>> anything else that its needed for which is more demanding?  If not, >>> great:  you're all set. >>> >>> >>> -hh >> >> >> The $12 Special goes well with lubuntu, and the package blends nicely >> in Usenet ... > > Figured as much.  One of my old PCs that's being kept as a 'maybe > project' is IIRC an old Celeron running MS-Vista that has a small SSD > for its boot drive which could make for a Linux boxen for something. I'd > be thinking more 'file server' though, although I'd have to check to see > if it is even new enough to be SATA, and if so, how many bays it has to > stuff with old small hard drives to waste some electricity on. > > I've not gotten to it because I already have two Linux boxens doing > that, so do I really need a third one? > > > -hh I do. I've had two occasions just last year when I needed to do something with a working computer and printer and for some reason none of the 5 computers I thought were working could help me. I don't know about you, but I never quite know a computer set up is there when I need it. Also I don't know how many pets you have. I have enough to ruin any of my electronic devices years before their time would be up.