Please wait...
Ill meet you out back.
( just kidding )
Thu Nov 27 2025 04:05:48 UTC from ParanoidDelusions
Sorry Nurb - the Atari ST is more like an 8 bit than a 16 bit machine. Like a C-64 with GEOS.
it sounds familiar. But just vaguely. Did they also do mail-order or just stores?
Thu Nov 27 2025 04:19:21 UTC from ParanoidDelusionsDid you guys have GEMCO?
Just stores. Membership - you had to buy a card for a buck.
Thu Nov 27 2025 15:22:20 UTC from Nurb432it sounds familiar. But just vaguely. Did they also do mail-order or just stores?
So I eventually got a MIC-504 with an ADDS viewpoint terminal
running legitimate CP/M - because... for REAL CP/M - you needed
a REAL CP/M machine.
Oooooh, the Viewpoint 60 terminal ... I had one of those too. It was with me through three or four different unix machines. Some of the code written through it is almost certainly still running here.
FreeBSD 15 is out. and supposedly even more wifi support.. i should dig out one of the couple of spares i kept ( most were jettisoned ), and try it.
I loved it. Big old plastic green screen terminal with a detachable monster mechanical keyboard with a telephone style cord.
I wish I had never sold my old machines.
Sat Nov 29 2025 22:30:07 UTC from IGnatius T FoobarSo I eventually got a MIC-504 with an ADDS viewpoint terminal
running legitimate CP/M - because... for REAL CP/M - you needed
a REAL CP/M machine.
Oooooh, the Viewpoint 60 terminal ... I had one of those too. It was with me through three or four different unix machines. Some of the code written through it is almost certainly still running here.
I was constantly using my last generation to fund my next generation. I didn't do that with my Amiga 2000 - I just sold it because it was a huge, heavy, currently useless box that never got used anymore. That was also a mistake. :)
Sat Dec 06 2025 18:20:10 UTC from IGnatius T FoobarI didn't sell my old terminals, I ran them until they eventually broke. I had a VP60 and a Z-19.
Subject: Re: Valve's SteamOS, Microsoft Canonical's Ubuntu, and Other Platforms That Only Leverage Free Software (But Won't Protect It)
Totally agree. I think we need a team, commanded by Paul Kersey, to start taking care of problems.
https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/Valve_s_SteamOS_Microsoft_Canonical_s_Ubuntu_and_Other_Platform.shtml
Subject: Re: Valve's SteamOS, Microsoft Canonical's Ubuntu, and Other Platforms That Only Leverage Free Software (But Won't Protect It)
FFS. Schestowitz is a Stalllmanite and just as GNU/Boneheaded. Ubuntu may have more corporate ties now but the article is wrong, it really was so much better and polished and usable than anything else back in 2011.
Subject: Re: New Linux Patch Confirms: Rust Experiment Is Done, Rust Is Here To Stay
That is a shame.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-To-Stay-Linux-Kernel
Subject: Re: New Linux Patch Confirms: Rust Experiment Is Done, Rust Is Here To Stay
Rust is a hate group masquerading as a programming language.
The kernel additions are known to have bugs and missing features. And somehow they're ok with that. The last time I saw anything like this it was when everyone pretended that the covid jab was "safe and effective".
Subject: Re: New Linux Patch Confirms: Rust Experiment Is Done, Rust Is Here To Stay
I thought it was Linus himself who supported this decision, and might have been his idea to be 'inclusive of rust'.
FreeBSD 15 out. Might be an option for many.
Tue Dec 16 2025 02:25:37 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: New Linux Patch Confirms: Rust Experiment Is Done, Rust Is Here To StayYeah. The patch made it in, and no one is quite sure who decided that the Rust cancer in the kernel would be permanent.
Rust is a hate group masquerading as a programming language.
The kernel additions are known to have bugs and missing features. And somehow they're ok with that. The last time I saw anything like this it was when everyone pretended that the covid jab was "safe and effective".
Subject: Re: New Linux Patch Confirms: Rust Experiment Is Done, Rust Is Here To Stay
I'll stick with what I've got for now. I'm pretty heavily invested in the ecosystem (LXC, Wireguard, Docker, etc) and I've put together a lovely operational practice on my home server that doesn't require any virtual machines.
A bunch of services running from LXC containers broke after a scheduled restart. Apparently, the systems within the containers could not instantiate a loopback network device. So yeah that means the systems weren't creating a lo0 interface for some reason (and therefore there was no 127.0.0.1 address available) which broke a number of applications.
Got the important services redeployed to regular virtual machines.
I still can't figure out what the hell happened since no upgrade was done on the containers between this scheduled restart and the last ones, and logs are not helpful.
Good for them.
"France orders all government ministries to ditch Windows for Linux in digital sovereignty push". The US wont do it of course, too much money being funneled in by the companies.
https://thenextweb.com/news/france-linux-windows-migration-digital-sovereignty
Desktop Linux deployments anywhere help desktop Linux everywhere.
The snowball is rolling. Just give it time.
Perhaps. But we wont be around to see it, since its rolling up hill..
Tue Apr 14 2026 01:49:14 UTC from IGnatius T FoobarDesktop Linux deployments anywhere help desktop Linux everywhere.
The snowball is rolling. Just give it time.
Feh. I'm not that kind of debbie-downer. The last couple of years have seen things pick up steam (pun VERY much intended). The snowball might not be rolling downhill yet, but it's definitely not being pushed uphill anymore.
I'm far worse than i let on.
lol.
Fri Apr 17 2026 22:28:46 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar
Feh. I'm not that kind of debbie-downer.