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Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop?

From	Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject	Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop?
Date	2026-07-28 02:06 -0300
Organization	Bridgewater Institute for Advanced Study - Blacksmith Shop
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Mike Small <smallm@panix.com> writes:

> Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> writes:
> ...
>
> This makes me miss the 90s when Cellar Computers existed on Argyle
> Street in Halifax. They'd be helpful. At least I remember a guy there
> correcting my pronunciation of Linux.
> 
> I wonder if anyone at Techmania on Cole Harbour Road in Dartmouth does
> Linux. I've no direct experience with them, but from how my mom describes
> them I'd think if any local store let you bring in a USB live image to
> try on a machine it would be them.
> 
>> I'm a decade or more beyond taking any pleasure in what has now become
>> an onerous task of mastering a whole new domain of technology.  BTDT,
>> (literally) have the sweatshirt.  But I still want the versatility and
>> non-authoritarian posture of Slackware.
> 
> Mike Sm.

Thanks for the follow-up Mike.  Still dithering over buying a new box
or going for used ca. 5 y.o.  Firewood, getting my pickup fixed 'caues
it's needed for fire wood project and maintainging the (flourishing)
vegetable garden keep pushing the computer decision onto the pushdown
stack.

-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-06-21 17:28 -0300
  Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-06-22 09:58 -0400
    Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-06-25 02:58 -0300
      Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? kaukasoina3dore73js4@sci.fi (Petri Kaukasoina) - 2026-06-25 10:29 +0000
        Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-06-26 02:05 -0300
          Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? kaukasoina3dore73js4@sci.fi (Petri Kaukasoina) - 2026-06-26 05:57 +0000
            Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? kaukasoina3dore73js4@sci.fi (Petri Kaukasoina) - 2026-06-26 07:34 +0000
      Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-06-25 10:21 -0400
        Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-06-26 02:02 -0300
          Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-06-26 09:57 -0400
      Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? Mike Small <smallm@panix.com> - 2026-07-21 23:44 -0400
        Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-07-28 02:06 -0300

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