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Re: Linux advocacy

From	candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Linux advocacy
Date	2024-09-30 19:40 +0000
Organization	the-candyden-of-code
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vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote at 12:09 this Monday (GMT):
> On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:38:40 -0000 (UTC), John McCue
><jmccue@fuzzball.jmcunx.com> wrote in <vde2jv$27es6$1@dont-email.me>:
>
>> vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>>> Seems like there isn't much Linux advocacy going on.[*]
>> 
>> Very true, this place is filled with toxic political posts.
>> 
>> I stopped coming here because of that.  I just popped in because I have
>> not visited here for a few years.  If anything it is worse.  So I will
>> throw this over the wall and hope these people can read and understand
>> what they read.
>> 
>> People who post political content here need to get a clue and learn how
>> to use USENET correctly.  They need to read and understand this:
>> 
>> https://www.slack.net/~ant/usenet-posts.html
>> 
>> Especially section "Starting Discussion Threads".
>> 
>> <snip>
>
> I've found the place usable again after instructing my newsreader
> to ignore crossposts to certain newsgroups.

Yeah, its kinda funny watching half the threads disappear.

> Unfortunately, there are also some Linux regulars that barf
> up political posts from time to time.  For those threads,
> I right-click, "ignore thread", and voila, the world is
> a happier place.
>
> ObLinux: Compiled and booted Linux 6.12-rc1 yesterday evening,
> but NVIDIA drivers won't compile for the new kernel.  Checked
> the forum, and it's a known problem -- official answer is
> that 6.12-rc1 isn't a released kernel, so wait for the release
> then they'll fix it.


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Re: Linux advocacy John McCue <jmccue@fuzzball.jmcunx.com> - 2024-09-30 11:38 +0000
  Re: Linux advocacy vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-09-30 12:09 +0000
    Re: Linux advocacy candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-09-30 19:40 +0000
      Re: Linux advocacy rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-01 01:52 +0000
      Re: Linux advocacy vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-10-01 13:45 +0000
  Re: Linux advocacy CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-09-30 09:12 -0400

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