From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8CEC29735 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 2024 23:33:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A3D442905; Fri, 8 Mar 2024 08:33:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oo1-xc33.google.com (mail-oo1-xc33.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::c33]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E579F42906 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 2024 08:33:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oo1-xc33.google.com with SMTP id 006d021491bc7-5a134bd111aso708906eaf.0 for ; Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:33:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1709850783; x=1710455583; darn=tuhs.org; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=TohnHXWAjbq6Q+0cVIt7UAfBWytFy9rSCmA9VCvqnkE=; b=IKDuPrm2DOmAhXIt56MZ8EWYMUI7P7wyBIFNdp0gzflH3iCOOm9xq4rff2qJMijoE0 464GC5uY4Z7Sx5l9GVOA/7qO0BSIiYaUQeVsSrZ0g5yuURdcbhzZ1ATQGlwqvZmXxdAf GXa0G2h0hF4GPGh9mPtnn3Y0HNmN8WDfIa+179C5bg8UVJDnus8jkMhLfTX4fVvbSLB+ wkOEyVhPPl8xoMilHwmfJIDMgRvwmbZ1D3faC4mMAFCgI5csokrJ1mINjqzcJ7M/j086 BLDhgHgvEk88ZqNlrw48i30taH60fy19oU2yLUVolv0gWpr/w3aPmN/la9pqjT0QG9Tm Qxeg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1709850783; x=1710455583; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=TohnHXWAjbq6Q+0cVIt7UAfBWytFy9rSCmA9VCvqnkE=; b=tj0jTYTk0aWmKpW5wlU+40WIXPGbkKw5AvzyF8gJ5W75Ml6uI0AU0w/aYTv+V9wWrM T1VfRGPzzeVVyGT7n86/h4Kk6Qy481VW3ajKZHcjvPzaSfPnUf93Eu5PkOgTWe1N4qZp hvv6TZgBcl+rlrMdGqrgevhFUa8Y0dzpJIDfZZ9PHhMFd1xVbv3Fo2ha4nPBPQ+R4ha+ bwd8cSk/rp12j3FAad8m+SlbNLVRe73tYfppI/Tj9cM25JS7Cm3FuTHS/OFPTWO6V+Z/ NTNZ7Ri462oF2Ja6jEyhYl7AZMmXbK9rNfC31THZXluYPqsBfoeWc2SUR59P3bNwIDdA 0twg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yw9MSC/H1l+IHj0bs1Qu2emcY5viR5WxiXkEZZ6HuKoEhWNuKRX H9LbMGENRFRBalb8Hl7gRGxl8BLvFUy7E4XWQiNzDjbZqdbs4wRFe+4TcE0xu0bPtt8D8lUZlB2 ofJS/rolLClT7Y0cgq7zKTOma9YyZddsYKQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHFmUPLVjJOTFLkpgK0yzOPKmXKRaHQDIcVXSCv45yd4qnuncaqFDYjQU4hOBUEe6nOWUEXHUtlJRb7kfn79nc= X-Received: by 2002:a4a:e8cf:0:b0:5a1:2c0a:f064 with SMTP id h15-20020a4ae8cf000000b005a12c0af064mr1200661ooe.3.1709850783199; Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:33:03 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <9eb334edeb7568193000f8755704af7799169b17.camel@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9eb334edeb7568193000f8755704af7799169b17.camel@gmail.com> From: Mike Markowski Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 17:32:52 -0500 Message-ID: To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000008d3838061319a8bb" Message-ID-Hash: 2Q6JH4LAWFN45HHD2VLOYV2HLBX33W5X X-Message-ID-Hash: 2Q6JH4LAWFN45HHD2VLOYV2HLBX33W5X X-MailFrom: mike.ab3ap@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: What do you currently use for your primary OS at home? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --0000000000008d3838061319a8bb Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 1:57=E2=80=AFAM Jeffry R. Abramson wrote: > ...Thinking of looking for something > simpler and was just wondering what do other old timers use for their > primary home computing needs? > > Jeff > Jeff and all, We started with FreeBSD in 1992 soon after getting married. My wife is a computer scientist (I'm EE) and we loaded 3.5" diskette after diskette and then she worked on finding a graphics card driver. :-) In more recent times we ran gentoo but that was ordeal to keep up to date. Like a water cooled VW, tinkering is almost a daily requirement. In recent years we use Ubuntu distribution and enjoy it. My wife likes the ease of maintenance and as an RF engr I enjoy the ease of acquiring tools, including compilers. Thanks, Clem, for pointing me to ifort a year or two ago! (1968 F-IV RF propagation code revived at https://udel.edu/~mm/itm/ in the retro computing section.) I also use Raspberry Pi 3's in PiDP 8/I (https://udel.edu/~mm/pidp8i/) and 11/70. I wonder how long till a R-Pi is enough for a work station... Mike Markowski --0000000000008d3838061319a8bb Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 1:57=E2=80=AFAM Je= ffry R. Abramson <jeffryrab= ramson@gmail.com> wrote:
...Thinking of looking for somet= hing
simpler and was just wondering what do other old timers use for their
primary home computing needs?

Jeff

Jeff and all,

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We started with FreeBSD in 1992 soon after getting married.=C2=A0 My w= ife is a computer scientist (I'm EE) and we loaded 3.5" diskette a= fter diskette and then she worked on finding a graphics card driver. :-)=C2= =A0 In more recent times we ran gentoo but that was ordeal to keep up to da= te.=C2=A0 Like a water cooled VW, tinkering is almost a daily requirement.= =C2=A0 In recent years we use Ubuntu distribution and enjoy it.=C2=A0 My wi= fe likes the ease of maintenance and as an RF engr I enjoy the ease of acqu= iring tools, including compilers.=C2=A0 Thanks, Clem, for pointing me to if= ort a year or two ago!=C2=A0 (1968 F-IV RF propagation code revived at=C2= =A0https://udel.edu/~mm/itm/ in t= he retro computing section.)

I also use Raspberry Pi 3's in PiDP= 8/I (https://udel.edu/~mm/pidp8i/= ) and 11/70.=C2=A0 I wonder how long till a R-Pi is enough for a work s= tation...

Mike Markowski
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