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On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:42:07 -0400, c186282 wrote:


>    "Bookworm" distros - which I've oft called The WORM, have finally
>    improved. I think the original was just released Too Soon and a lot
>    of little stuff hadn't been ironed out yet. Deb is supposed to be
>    SOLID, they shouldn't have done that. We'd have waited a few more
>    months.

I did not upgrade my work box from Bullseye because of the early reports 
of Bookworm problems. Raspberry Pi OS is derived from bookworm and has 
been dependable although that's a rather limited test.

>    SOMEWHERE I have a rather large XP laptop - bought it for my Mom to
>    do word processing but she was just too old to 'get' computers. It
>    had a big screen. Can't FIND the damned thing though ... it's stuck
>    behind a shelf or cabinet somewhere. It'd also likely be OK with
>    Linux. Dunno how cooperative the BIOS would be for booting alas.

I've got one of those and it's probably stuck behind the same shelf. For a 
while I had a stack of laptops on my desk and finally stuffed some away. 
There is a really old Compaq tower in the shed that I'm not sure would 
even boot. Can't remember but it might be vintage Mandrake.

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Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-10 23:05 -0400
  Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-11 04:15 +0000
    Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-11 00:42 -0400
      Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-11 06:17 +0000
        Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-11 03:11 -0400
          Re: Older Hardware Still Works Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-11 11:21 +0200
            Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-11 11:59 +0100
              Re: Older Hardware Still Works Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-11 17:16 +0200
            Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-11 13:12 -0400
              Re: Older Hardware Still Works Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-11 22:22 +0200
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-11 20:34 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-12 06:36 +0200
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-12 01:25 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-12 08:31 +0100
            Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-11 19:35 +0000
              Re: Older Hardware Still Works Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-11 22:23 +0200
          Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-11 19:30 +0000
            Re: Older Hardware Still Works Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-11 22:20 +0000
              Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-12 02:00 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-11 23:25 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-12 10:18 +0200
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-08-13 09:32 +1000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-13 03:55 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-13 01:39 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@personalprojects.net> - 2025-08-12 09:25 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-13 01:37 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-13 11:18 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-13 23:27 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-14 04:04 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-14 02:06 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-14 10:59 +0200
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-14 12:56 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-14 19:12 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-15 01:25 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-15 14:49 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-15 14:47 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-14 12:54 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-14 19:19 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-15 01:37 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-15 07:22 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-15 03:46 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-08-15 08:50 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-15 08:43 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-15 14:57 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-08-15 13:07 -0700
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-15 14:48 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-13 19:42 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-14 12:37 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-12 18:47 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-08-13 08:05 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-13 22:22 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-14 04:14 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-14 02:41 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-14 18:57 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-15 00:35 -0400
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-14 12:45 +0100
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-12 18:47 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-13 03:58 +0000
      Re: Older Hardware Still Works John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-08-11 09:20 -0700
  Re: Older Hardware Still Works "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-11 11:47 +0200
    Re: Older Hardware Still Works The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-11 12:00 +0100

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