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Same here, but without the Pepsi. It's more than just nostalgia, a lot
of "Social Media" just downright sucks, and I prefer this world to Twitter, Tik Tok, Farcebook, et al. More focused discussion, and
frankly, a better interface for text based discussion. I want a return
to something simpler, more pure, with more focus.
The advertising based business model that social media uses is worse
than toxic, it is a social disaster. BBS's aren't subject to that.
I'm rediscovering IRC and playing with Mastodon and enjoy both more than Facebook; I haven't logged into FB in some time.
Originally because of the resource issue... but then that was a 386 it
was running on.. but no mostly because I preferred the CLI, always have, like my text better than the pointy clicky thing.. I think early on most of the X desktop was pretty ordinary.. I haven't really looked at one since eeebuntu though either... thats got to be about 8 years or more
ago now...
What do you have for a system, and what os do you run now?
far as MS Flight Sim you just run it with proton and it works. There anything special to get that one going.
I haven't used Proton, but I suppose I'd have to give it a try. Before running it though, I'd think one hurdle might be getting it installed in Linux in the first place..
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Perhaps. From people I know, and from people I've spoken to at Linux u grous and free software groups, and anyone else I know who's meddled, i more the OS itself, rather than available applications which is why the switched. Stability, freedom, low cost. The apps they use didn't come with the exception of "LAMP", but you can run a webserver on Windows. works different on Linux.
In the FOSS world there is a big cultural difference in that end users
are fine reporting bugs and trying to bring features in if they are not available.
This morning, OpenBSD did not support Nitrokeys. An hour ago it got experimental support because a bearded guy who smells like a horse
decided to port its reference libraries over.
I do know people who switched to Linux because of certain applications, though.
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That is pretty cool, I will look out for them. When I was looking, I was looking at newer models (Thinkpads, T450 or later) which were abo $200.
Thinkpads have a pretty long life, and used ones were usually maxxed out (or close to it) so a business could get 3 years out of them.
I have a T410, it's one of the last with a traditional keyboard, and
it's not an Ultrabook, but I love the keyboard and it's got an old i7
CPU in it.
The T430 (I think) was the first thinner Thinkpad with the "island" keyboard, they most likely have a lot of life left, especially if you replace the SATA drive with an SSD. You might get a deal on one.
Some of the older T series had a 2.5" SATA drive and a 16GB MMC drive. Windows has a driver to use the MMC like a big cache that's kind of neat.
they use didn't come up, with the exception of "LAMP", but you can ru a webserver on Windows. It just works different on Linux.
Heck, you can run a whole LAMP stack on Windows. I've seen people do
their dev on a local stack on their desktop then push to staging and production on Linux.
That could be because people feel that the projects are accessible, and that the developers are wanting to hear ideas and will actually read and take seriously feedback and reports. Probably because they are smaller
I haven't used Proton, but I suppose I'd have to give it a try.
Before running it though, I'd think one hurdle might be getting it
installed in Linux in the first place..
Do you have a steam account?
That could be because people feel that the projects are accessible, and that the developers are wanting to hear ideas and will actually read an take seriously feedback and reports. Probably because they are smaller
For some proportion of the early adopters this might have been the case, and welcome change to M$ of the era. For Joe Mugg users these days... I think you're going to be in the minority with that assertion...there's probably still a percentage that think like that, but it'll bet a shadow of its forme self in the number of nubs out there using it now.
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That could be because people feel that the projects are accessible, a that the developers are wanting to hear ideas and will actually read take seriously feedback and reports. Probably because they are small
For some proportion of the early adopters this might have been the case, and welcome change to M$ of the era. For Joe Mugg users these days... I think you're going to be in the minority with that assertion...there's probably still a percentage that think like that, but it'll bet a shadow of its former self in the number of nubs out there using it now.
ST
I haven't used Proton, but I suppose I'd have to give it a try.
Before running it though, I'd think one hurdle might be getting it
installed in Linux in the first place..
Do you have a steam account?
Yes, I do.
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I'm still using a T43 that I got second hand. The only thing I need to change on it was to add 1G of RAM, and get a bigger hard drive. Still works just fine.
boraxman wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Heck, you can run a whole LAMP stack on Windows. I've seen people do
their dev on a local stack on their desktop then push to staging and production on Linux.
You mean WAMP? The L stands for Linux.
I'm still using a T43 that I got second hand. The only thing I need change on it was to add 1G of RAM, and get a bigger hard drive. Stil works just fine.
The T43 has DDR3 memory and slightly faster graphics than the other T series, it's a nice workhorse. Cheap parts.
You can find PATA SSDs that'll work; I had a 64GB SSD in mine, and it
gave me a couple of more years of usefulness out of it.
T43. Best. Laptop. Keyboard. Ever.
You mean WAMP? The L stands for Linux.
I suppose they called it AMP, it's been a while since I took the class.
For quite some time, local libraries partnered with Linda, the people Linkedin bought for their online learning platform. You could watch all
of the linkedin premium content for free with a library card. Once Microsoft bought them, they required a Linkedin ID for Linda, and libraries couldn't offer the platform anymore. Shame.
... Have you ever seen anything like this place?
You can find PATA SSDs that'll work; I had a 64GB SSD in mine, and it gave me a couple of more years of usefulness out of it.
I just installed a 320G PATA hard drive in the machine. I chose that instead of an SSD for space and price. Probably should have got the
SSD, but to be honest, the hard drive is fast enough. I hibernate it,
so boot time is not a problem.
boraxman wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I just installed a 320G PATA hard drive in the machine. I chose that instead of an SSD for space and price.
You can find PATA SSDs that'll work; I had a 64GB SSD in mine, a gave me a couple of more years of usefulness out of it.
I just installed a 320G PATA hard drive in the machine. I chose that instead of an SSD for space and price. Probably should have got the SSD, but to be honest, the hard drive is fast enough. I hibernate it so boot time is not a problem.
I'm a tad surprised you can still find them.. I assume they're not new. There are plenty of SATA -> PATA adapters out there..
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I just installed a 320G PATA hard drive in the machine. I chose that instead of an SSD for space and price.
I didn't know they made PATA drives that big?
What was nice about them was being able to put a drive in the ultrabay;
I had a 64GB SSD and a 160 in the ultrabay.
... When in doubt, predict that the trend will continue.
The Steam desktop application will install proton for you when you install a game through it. You'll be able to use that version of proton to run any other game.
If you have the game for steam it does all the work for you. Install steam on Linux which is probably available on your repository and then just tell it to install Flight simulator.
The Steam desktop application will install proton for you when you in a game through it. You'll be able to use that version of proton to ru other game.
I tried that out today in my Linux installation on my main PC, with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. It looked like I had to first enable Proton in Steam's compatibility settings for the game before it would allow me to install it. And there are several versions of Proton to choose from to run the game. I tried only a couple (the development version, and the most recent versioned one), but without much luck.
With the development version of Proton, Microsoft Flight Simulator would start up but then immediately quit back to the Linux desktop. With the most recent versioned release, Microsoft Flight Simulator started, and I heard its sound, but it was only showing a blank white screen.
Proton's compatibility list online says Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 largely works with just some minor issues. I guess I'll have to try
some different Proton versions or settings and see what happens.
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