Re: Can we please talk about Linux? (6.12.4)

vallor wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

$ uname -a
Linux lm 6.12.4 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Dec  9 09:09:32 PST 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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real 375.52
user 17582.03
sys 3456.69
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Using NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-565.77.run for graphics drivers, and
selecting the MIT/GPL licensed branch.  This binary blob is
a new, new-feature release.
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In related news, got a pair of Sennheiser Accentum Bluetooth
headphones, which paired with Linux Mint with no problem.
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Also built vlc so I could test some features, and included projectM
with it.  NP: Paul_Oakenfold_-_Essential_Mix_Live_At_China.mp3
(Am I showing my age?  That file is dated "Dec 13  2002".)  Visualization
goodness working, once I added a symlink for the font that the projectM
module was looking for.

This Lenovo Arch lappie just updated tow 6.12.4, but it'll have to wait until I
power it back on later.

The Debian Sid mini PC has 6.12.3, but I have not rebooted lately, so it's
still at 6.11.10.

I still have a memory issue on that mini PC. Memory keeps creeping up, even
when I do the drop-caches cleanup-swap mamba. The only sure-fire way to clean
it up a lot is to log-off of Fluxbox and log back in.

--
QOTD:
"Even the Statue of Liberty shaves her pits."