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|    Benny Pedersen to Maurice Kinal    |
|    get linux'd    |
|    04 Jul 25 22:41:34    |
      MSGID: 2:230/0 68685a37       TZUTC: 0000       REPLY: 2:280/464.113 68683eb0       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 17-02-17       Hello Maurice!              04 Jul 2025 20:50, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:               >> lol, but i have not used windows in long time now        MK> I've never used it. The last garbage OS I've dealt with personally         MK> was the last version of IBM DOS. I think it was version 6.0.              not even freedos is tryed ?               >> seen the new 2025 models of nokia phones with real keyboard ?,        MK> They used to be considered the best until MS bought them out and         MK> proceeded to turn them into pure crap.              yes the nokie winphones was not good at all, i think the idea was from       microsoft to have common devices running windows 11 :=)              it have always failed with there basic compiler that is used to compile it on       commodore 64              put comal cartrige in commodore 64, it runs faster, sadly microsoft have       always doing incompatible codings for non portable code, all basic roms on       commodore computers is not even basic portable               >> whats not to like ?        MK> The teeny-tiny screens I cannot read. Also the sound on smart-phones         MK> to my ears sounds like pure static which renders them useless as a         MK> phone, smart or otherwise.              usb-c port hook a hdmi monitor there               MK> A real keyboard is a nice touch although         MK> it would require a console based linux OS to convince me to try it.         MK> Of course the would require a native gcc compiler onboard. :-)              yes all possible via apps that support sshd on android, but no root access       since google would not allow it               >> reboting....               MK> With MS products that is a given. Best of luck with that.              6.15.4 here, i dont waste time on windows                      Regards Benny              ... too late to die young :)              --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 (Linux/6.15.4-gentoo-dist (x86_64))        * Origin: gopher://fido.junc.eu/ (2:230/0)       SEEN-BY: 18/200 50/22 103/705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 129/14       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/757 7715 154/10 30 110 203/0 124 412 218/700       SEEN-BY: 221/0 6 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 206 300 317 400 426 428       SEEN-BY: 229/550 616 664 700 705 230/0 240/1120 5832 263/1 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 291/111 292/854 8125 301/1 310/31 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58 256 1124 5858 467/888       SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848 770/1 902/26 5020/400 545 5054/30 5075/35       PATH: 230/0 203/0 280/464 460/58 229/426           |
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