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Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start?

From rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start?
Date 2026-03-31 04:55 +0000
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:58:10 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> They killed it because it was embarrassing that Windows needed so much
> in the way of hardware resources to produce that eye candy, when a Linux
> system running KDE Plasma could manage all of that, and more, on
> something as low-powered as a single-core 900MHz Celeron (which was what
> you had on an Asus Eee 701 netbook).

We would have clients complaining about ghosting, the mouse leaving 
tracks, and other strange effects. "Are you running Aero? Turn it off."

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Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-03-30 08:13 -0700
  Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-30 23:58 +0000
    Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-31 04:55 +0000
      Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-03-30 22:32 -0700
      Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-03-31 09:22 -0700

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