Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 12/28/24 10:12 AM, Farley Flud wrote:

On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:25:04 -0500, -hh wrote:
 

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He's in YA cycle of building a new PC, which instead of taking hours to
get up & running has already consumed a few weeks...
>

 FYFI, my new Xeon W-1270P 8-core machine with 32G ECC memory
was originally purchased as a replacement for my Core i7
which I believed was failing.
 However, after cleaning the heavy dust accumulation from the
heat sink fan I have not had a recurrence of the symptoms that
I had at first attributed to a failing MB.

Translation:  self-proclaimed "expert" in everything fails on basic troubleshooting due to housekeeping maintenance failure/laziness.

Now I am stuck with a new machine that I don't really need
and I am in no fucking hurry to get it up and running.

Translation: a fiscal *and* a productivity squandering.

But I will have to eventually trash the Core i7 machine even
though a highly tuned GNU/Linux installation makes it operate
as good or better than the latest gens.

Translation: attempting to save face by noting that all tech eventually becomes obsolete, even if that day for this year is still years away. Meantime, the new PC sits idle.

I have Winblows 10/11 installed on the cheapest junk hardware
that I possess because that's all that the junk OS deserves.

Translation: not competent enough to get Linux running on even
bare iron in less than a week.
-hh