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    From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Isley Brothers on Tue Dec 9 01:32:38 2025
    Hey Isley Brothers!

    <Esc>:read /proc/version
    Linux version 6.18.0 (root@itsii) (gcc (GCC) 15.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.45.1) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Dec 8 11:35:38 UTC 2025

    Дуже груви,
    Maurice

    o- -o -o o- -o o- -o -o o- o- o- -o
    /) (\ (\ /) (\ /) (\ (\ /) /) /) (\
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Meotud ana wat hwær se cwealm cymeþ, þe heonon of cyþþe gewiteþ.
    Only God knows where plague goes when it departs from a place.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Maurice Kinal on Mon Dec 8 20:46:00 2025
    Hello Maurice Kinal!

    ** On Tuesday 09.12.25 - 01:32, Maurice Kinal wrote to Isley Brothers:

    Hey Isley Brothers!

    <Esc>> :read /proc/version
    Linux version 6.18.0 (root@itsii) (gcc (GCC) 15.2.0, GNU ld (GNU
    Binutils) 2.45.1) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Dec 8 11:35:38 UTC 2025

    Exactly what distro are you using?


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    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.64
    * Origin: (2:221/1.58)
  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to August Abolins on Tue Dec 9 05:45:24 2025
    Hey August!

    Exactly what distro are you using?

    No distribution but instead a bastardized "Linux From Scratch" (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/). I've been doing this for about 25 years now. The last official distribution I ran was ttylinux, which was the very first x86_64 ttylinux if the truth be told.

    How about you?

    Дуже груви,
    Maurice

    -o o- -o o- o- o- o- -o -o -o o- o-
    (\ /) (\ /) /) /) /) (\ (\ (\ /) /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Wat se þe cunnað hu sliþen bið sorg to geferan.
    He who has experienced it knows how cruel a companion sorrow is.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Maurice Kinal on Tue Dec 9 18:01:00 2025
    Hello Maurice!

    No distribution but instead a bastardized "Linux From Scratch" (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/). I've been doing this for about 25 years now. The last official distribution I ran was ttylinux, which was the very first x86_64 ttylinux if the truth be told.

    How about you?

    No specific linux installation yet. I've only been using
    different live-CD versions from time to time to test
    compatibility and performance on the aging machines that I
    have. If/when it comes down to it, I will probably use Mint on
    my Thinkpad T60.

    I did try Manjaro 64bit on an old Dell desktop a few years ago,
    and it performed quite quite will with the NVIDIA video and
    supported the 64bit command-set support on basically just 4GB
    ram max - but a 32bit OS might be more logical for that one.





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    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.64
    * Origin: (2:221/1.58)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Maurice Kinal on Wed Dec 10 20:01:00 2025
    Hello Maurice!

    For a modern 16 penguin system with all the development tools/libs etc. 32G would be my minimum.

    I wouldn't doubt it. But my use wouldn't be for developement,
    but instead doing something useful on the linux machine! :D


    but a 32bit OS might be more logical for that one.

    I disagree. If ram is the limitation then I would stick to the basics on that one but for sure would expect it to be pure 64 bit. I wouldn't have it any other way.

    Correction. It wasn't a 4GB ram limited Dell, it was an
    eMachines model desktop. The CPU supported 64bit command set,
    but the ram would be limited to just 4GB.

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.64
    * Origin: (2:221/1.58)
  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to August Abolins on Thu Dec 11 02:01:36 2025
    Hey August!

    doing something useful on the linux machine!

    Is there any other reason?

    the ram would be limited to just 4GB.

    That seems odd to me given what little I know about that particular machine. Is this a hardware limitation or did that machine only come with 4G or is it soldered onto the board? If it is possible to bump it up to 8G that would definetly make it more attractive. As is, it sounds more like a "because I can" project rather than a "something useful" project.

    Дуже груви,
    Maurice

    o- o- -o -o o- -o o- o- -o o- -o o-
    /) /) (\ (\ /) (\ /) /) (\ /) (\ /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Wræd sceal wunden, wracu heardum men.
    A wound must have a bandage, an unyielding man must have revenge.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)