On 06/19/2018 03:05 PM, William Morder wrote: > > > On Sunday 17 June 2018 07:17:54 Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Sunday 17 June 2018 09:46:34 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: >>> Am Sonntag, 17. Juni 2018 schrieb William Morder: >>>> On Sunday 17 June 2018 06:05:04 Thierry de Coulon wrote: >>>>> On Sunday 17 June 2018 14.18:43 William Morder wrote: >>>>>> Every time I use the new KDE Plasma, I get so frustrated that I >>>>>> want to break something. The same goes for whenever I have to >>>>>> use other people's computers, especially if they run Windoze or >>>>>> the rotten Apple; and it's even worse when I have to use a >>>>>> public computer. >>>>>> >>>>>> The only thing that worries me is that I am becoming my own >>>>>> island, which is maybe not so good. I am thinking maybe of >>>>>> running a virtual box inside my Linux machine, in which I can >>>>>> run Windoze or the rotten Apple or some other Linux OS, just to >>>>>> keep up a little with changes that are going on "out there". >>>>> >>>>> I could have written this, or most of it. I don't know if it helps >>>>> knowing you're not alone... >>>>> >>>>> Thierry >>>> >>>> The Trinity users list is becoming my entire social life. I also >>>> wonder if maybe this is not healthy. On the other hand, fewer and >>>> fewer people "out there" seem to be really sane; and when I must use >>>> their computers, this worries me even more. >>>> >>>> When I was mostly offline for a few days, trying to migrate from >>>> Debian to Devuan, I got 44 emails, of which 43 were from the TDE >>>> mailing list. >>>> >>>> Tomorrow, at any rate, I shall try to make it downstairs, past the >>>> front desk, beyond the ice machine, and to go outdoors, maybe even >>>> as far as the library and the farmers market. Also, I need coffee. >>> >>> Probably the caffein withdrawal is what makes real trouble :-) (just >>> conted: 4 kg coffee left *phiew*) >> >> Must be more than one container then. On this side of the pond, a 3 lb >> can is a big one, I get nervous when I am down to the last can. For use, >> that can gets dumped into a smaller plastic can with a handle that works >> much better for filling the Mr. Coffee for another 12 cups of Gods >> Blessing. >> >> I've been known to have 4 of the big cans on top of the fridge, buying it >> when its on sale at under 7 dollars a can. Wouldn't want to run out >> between sales now would we? >> >>> Nik > > I, too, shop for the sales, but nowadays I am a coffee snob (thanks to a > former girlfriend, since about 30 years ago now). I spend at least $30-40 > every month on the stuff. But I only like it strong and black, so at least I > save money by not needing to adulterate the elixir of enlightenment with > cream and sugar, etc. I feel people who put cream and sugar in their coffee do not like coffee, plus the cream and sugar will give you stomach problems. > It's rather an expensive habit, and probably qualifies as an addiction, but > then as I get older, I have fewer and fewer dependable pleasures, so by that > measure it's cheap. It also goes well with reading, and a good book is a > friend for life. > > Bill When I start reading a Louis LaMoore book I can not put it down, his study on American History is one of the best and the way he tells a story fascinates me. I have crates full of his books and I have read them all, not one of them was a bad story. Many of his story's have been made to film. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0478263/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_L%27Amour -- Jimmy Johnson Devuan Jessie - TDE Trinity R14.0.4 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda2 Registered Linux User #380263