Re: A New GNU/Linux Machine: Status Report

On 2024-12-19, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote:

My new machine is approaching.
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I anticipate that, by working here and there and off and on,
I should be finished with the installation by mid-March 2025.
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For one thing, I have over 400 packages to build according to
the new machine specs.
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Now, I can hear all the distro lackeys exclaim: "WTF!  I can
install a GNU/Linux distro in 15 fucking minutes!"
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My answer lies within the common aphorism:
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Rome was not built in a day.
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Rome, the great capital of Western civilization stood for many
centuries.  Such a marvel indeed could not be built in a day.
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The same applies to a GNU/Linux distro.
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Only an ignoramus idiot would be content with what the distros
offer.
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My new machine will replace one that is based on an Intel Core
i7-4770, a CPU which was first released in 2013.  But thanks to
a custom GNU/Linux install, that "old" hardware can rival any
more current machine -- and I have the benchmarks to prove it.
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Rome was not built in a day, and when I am finished my new machine
will beat all comers for many years into the future. 
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Customization and configuration are what make GNU/Linux the King.
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Microslop Winblows is but the welfare agent for the stupid.
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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
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By the time you finish this golden machine of yours it will be obsolete.
Why the fuck does it take you 4 months to assemble a PC?
Mine took a couple of hours.
And booted up fine at POR.



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pothead

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