Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Ubuntu, The Pussy Distro, Is Going Rust Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:53:26 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <_peEP.100505$541.36459@fx47.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:53:27 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d363ba550419e157615d12be806e2e95"; logging-data="2966878"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/eobfp6TYk5cWoPfgr4CJq" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Z0AiCllwgR4gxbhtor9+IdeDnvM= Bytes: 2761 On 2025-03-25, CrudeSausage wrote: > On 2025-03-24 7:57 p.m., rbowman wrote: >> On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:36:49 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote: >> >>> Yeah, I remember LILO. I don't remember when it stopped being used, but >>> it was definitely there when I was first using Linux back in the 90s. >> >> I think most distros went to grub around 2005. >> >> https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4622 >> >> The good old days... well, not being a masochist, maybe the not so good >> old days. I had a lot more patience 25 years ago. > > I had a lot more patience then too. At this point in my life, while > still devoted to the _idea_ that all the code I run will be open-source, > I'm not as willing as I used to be to accept compromises in ease of use. > That said, any non-gaming machine I run, or any "outdated" computer in > my possession will be running Linux going forward. Windows will be on > the newest machine for as long as it's new. > > I can't tell you how much I enjoy getting to work in the morning and > being greeted by an all Intel machine that runs Linux wonderfully. Now you see why I like Linux Mint. I've been using outdated, Intel-only machines for a long time now. -- “Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien