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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? |
| Date | 2026-08-19 03:42 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <nekn1aFe0jfU10@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <VKycndkZ29r7bB73nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@giganews.com> <neib22Fpk4lU48@mid.individual.net> <_46cnQkXs59Hkhj3nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:07:20 -0400, c186282 wrote: > It's why I was wondering about StarLink a little while back. Alas > seems you need a pretty clear northeast 'view' from where I am - and > I don't HAVE one ... big trees most everywhere. I'd have to run a > 100' cable out under the yard to get a good clear point. I was concerned about the tree but it's to the west and the receiver is oriented to 5 degrees. You can download the app for free to evaluate the site. You point the phone at the sky and rotate through 360. I was skeptical about the services using geosynchronous sats, the footprint, and how many subscribers would be in the beam. The Leos, and there are a lot of them, solve that problem. I am a bit curious how it works. Back in the day the ham sats were store and forwards and the window was only a few minutes. Of course there was only the one and not over 1000.
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What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 01:44 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 01:59 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 06:05 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-08-18 08:10 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-18 11:33 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 22:16 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 03:32 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 22:07 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 03:42 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 02:14 -0400
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