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    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to All on Sun Aug 24 13:35:00 2025
    Krebs is giving a shoutout to a linux alternative..

    "If the experience with Windows XP is any indicator, many of
    these older computers will wind up in landfills or else will be
    left running in an unpatched state. But if your Windows 10 PC
    doesn't have the hardware chops to run Windows 11 and you'd
    still like to get some use out of it safely, consider
    installing a newbie-friendly version of Linux, like Linux Mint.

    Like most modern Linux versions, Mint will run on anything with
    a 64-bit CPU that has at least 2GB of memory, although 4GB is
    recommended. In other words, it will run on almost any computer
    produced in the last decade."

    https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/08/microsoft-patch-tuesday- august-2025-edition/

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.64
    * Origin: (2:221/1.58)
  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to August Abolins on Sun Aug 24 18:56:14 2025
    Hey August!

    Krebs is giving a shoutout to a linux alternative..

    Yeah sure. Happens everytime there is a new MS-Windows release.

    Mint will run on anything with a 64-bit CPU that has at least 2GB of
    memory, although 4GB is recommended.

    Bah! Child's play. Check out ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/slackware/slackware-3.3/INSTALL.TXT ... however I doubt it will boot on an x86_64. Mind you I doubt Mint will boot on a 386.

    Дуже груви,
    Maurice

    o- -o -o o-
    /) (\ (\ /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel.
    Fate ever goes as it must.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Maurice Kinal on Sun Aug 24 21:53:00 2025
    Hello Maurice!

    ** On Sunday 24.08.25 - 18:56, you wrote to me:

    Krebs is giving a shoutout to a linux alternative..

    Yeah sure. Happens everytime there is a new MS-Windows release.

    I haven't been following Kreb's reports religiously. But this
    last comment of his is a pre-cursor to MS's announcement to
    drop Win10 security updates.


    Mint will run on anything with a 64-bit CPU that has at least 2GB of
    memory, although 4GB is recommended.

    Bah! Child's play. Check out ftp://
    mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/slackware /slackware-3.3/
    INSTALL.TXT ... however I doubt it will boot on an x86_64.
    Mind you I doubt Mint will boot on a 386.

    I think Kreb's point is to mention the linux alternative that
    would work best for Windows-users on most Win10-equipped
    machines out there now, not older 386s.

    If I wasn't tied to the neccessity of needing MS Access in my
    work, I'd be using linux 13 yrs ago on my modest PC equipment!

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.64
    * Origin: (2:221/1.58)
  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to August Abolins on Mon Aug 25 10:59:36 2025
    Hey August!

    I haven't been following Kreb's reports religiously.

    To be honest, I don't even know who Kreb is, nevermind his reports. The name sounds vaguely familiar from somewhere.

    If I wasn't tied to the neccessity of needing MS Access in my work,
    I'd be using linux 13 yrs ago on my modest PC equipment!

    I've been using linux for around 30 years now. My first was a 486 that originally booted PC-DOS. Every machine after that was pure linux, x86_64 for about 20 years now. For all that time there was never a need for anything branded MS. In all that time I never once ran across a ms-win machine that could do anything I couldn't do better using linux. As long as there is a working gcc compiler and a linux terminal I am more than content.

    Дуже груви,
    Maurice

    -o o- -o o-
    (\ /) (\ /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Cræfta gehwilc byþ cealde forgolden.
    Every deceit will be coldly repaid.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Maurice Kinal on Mon Aug 25 18:35:00 2025
    Hello Maurice Kinal!

    ** On Monday 25.08.25 - 10:59, you wrote to me:

    To be honest, I don't even know who Kreb is, nevermind his reports. The name sounds vaguely familiar from somewhere.

    See a few messages back. He has a news site on computer
    security matters.


    I've been using linux for around 30 years now. My first
    was a 486 that originally booted PC-DOS. Every machine
    after that was pure linux, x86_64 for about 20 years now.
    For all that time there was never a need for anything
    branded MS.

    I inherited a system that expressly relied on MS Access. No
    choice but to keep supporting it.

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.64
    * Origin: (2:221/1.58)
  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to August Abolins on Mon Aug 25 23:48:17 2025
    Hey August!

    I inherited a system that expressly relied on MS Access. No choice
    but to keep supporting it.

    I feel your pain.

    I had a similar thing happen back in the mid to late 1990's, except it was a pure 64-bit Alpha station running some unholy version of Unix. All I had to do was pay the shipping. I turned it down. Looking back now, I have no regrets given they sold out to HP <- abandonware to the extreme. May they rest in pieces ... or is it feces?

    Дуже груви,
    Maurice

    o- o- -o o-
    /) /) (\ /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Widgongel wif word gespringeð, oft hy mon wommum bilihð.
    A far-wandering woman causes talk; often she is accused of sins.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)