> On Wednesday 12 December 2018 02:09:26 Kate Draven wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 11 December 2018 18:12:00 Kate Draven wrote: > > > > > Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > > > > If you are a "luck" person and you run Windooz10, then you > > > > > > find that this multi gadget protocol is broken since ~ 1 year > > > > > > ... hail progress! > > > > > > > > > > don't know why corp is doing windows - I think it is pure > > > > > burning of money ... I got one v10 few months ago and it is > > > > > still laying on my desk unused. > > > > > But I have no idea how this is working with cameras there. The > > > > > corp is paying for it to stay there on the desk and do some > > > > > work. It is doing it more or less good on its own. I alaways > > > > > have to repeat myself what Linuz Torvald said about it - > > > > > something like a very good company, but the problem is they make > > > > > crappy software. > > > > > So ... times go by and some things never change - amazing. > > > > > > > > > > > At least on *nix you can fix stuff like this, even when redhat > > > > > > tries hard to break it. > > > > > > > > > > Well for the Windows, you have the windows admin - a person that > > > > > should be admired for the skill to support "crappy software" :) > > > > > and keep the universe in balance :) > > > > > Honestly ... no idea how those guys have the patience. I had to > > > > > factory restore one PC lately for a friend, because it got > > > > > unusable after 6y of use ... I think it took 8h or more to > > > > > install all the updates or at least to try to ... with numerous > > > > > reboots in between. I have not done this for years and it was > > > > > impressive experience. In the mean time I could do a lot of work > > > > > on the linux PC that was installed 15y ago. Amazing! > > > > > > > > > > regards > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >---- - > > > > > > > > Cheers Doc & deloptes, well observed, well said. > > > > > > > > Several mates went out of business supporting Vista, > > > > Now, a few more are close to closing because of win10. > > > > > > > > All I get at the shop are people bring in there machines to have > > > > data recovered after win8/10 died during an update (not so much > > > > win7). > > > > > > > > I don't know how MS stays in business. > > > > > > > > The os on this laptop, that I'm writing this email on, will be > > > > retired soon for Alistair Izzard's big daddy roll of PCLOS 64bit. > > > > Thank you very much Ali and to all. > > > > > > > > The OS is Ark Linux 2008. It's more than 10 years old and it has > > > > served me well, great infact. It took 7 years to find a > > > > replacement. > > > > > > > > Any linux, even a bad one, is always better than the best windows > > > > edition (or OSX but not to the same shocking degree). > > > > > > > > > > > > Kate > > > > > > Very well said Kate. Theres a reason I don't allow a windows box to > > > keep its windows install more than a day or so, any longer and my > > > patience gets exchanged for a 16 lb maul to put its hard drive out > > > of its misery. Or a linux dvd gets put in along with a $40 60 gig > > > SSD, getting a machine thats obviously faster, and its by by > > > windows, it has not been good knowing you. Life for me at least, is > > > not long enough to put up with that crappy software. > > > > > > FWIW, I ran PCLOS for a while, but if what you need is not in the > > > repo, forget about asking for it. Just a warning, but thats why I > > > had to bail to Debian. I can usually get what I need. They, like > > > others are short of man power, but I've not been told to go pound > > > sand either. > > > > > > Take care Kate. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >--- > > > > Hi Gene! > > > > It's likely your problem with pclos was it was 32bit. > > pclos doesn't support 32bit anymore, not for a long time. > > I think since 2015 or 16. > > > > I have me test machines, data recovery machines, laptops and server > > all running Ali's Big Daddy rolls. It works great. > > > > The only thing I don't like and it happens TDE under any distro. It's > > the constant reloading of the gui when I install software. I don't > > understand why it does that. Bug? > > > > Kate > > > No clue my dear girl Kate. Best I could do would still be a WAG. I do > expect it to reformulate the gui's menu's, but the sort does fail > occasionally. And it should force a reboot when libs are being > replaced, that bit me 4 days back, crash/locked this machine and the > machine I was logged into working on some gcode, had to dress and hit > the shop building in 20F weather to reboot that one too, else amanda > would have pestered be because it couldn't do the backup. Like Jackie > Gleason was fond of saying, what a revoltin development that was. ;-) > > Take care Kate. > > -- > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- That sounded like a big mess. Kate PS I LOVE the Honeymooners. It's more popular now that then. Of course with nothing but rubbish on the telli....