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   Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 02:36:28 JST Ernie Smith

   Just as I was forced to learn how to use a typewriter, we should make all 12-year-olds learn how to use a computer on a 386. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/27/gen-z-tech-shame-office-technology-printers

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 02:36:26 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     @ernie Everyone under 40 to be required to install Arch Linux?

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     Wiredfire :BA: (wiredfire@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 04:41:22 JST Wiredfire :BA:

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     @ernie @mattl savage ?

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 04:41:22 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     • Wiredfire :BA:

     @wiredfire @ernie I've never managed it and I'm supposed to be good at Linux

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     Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 05:53:50 JST Ernie Smith

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     LOL, this is worse than that time I accidentally added a bunch of node_modules folders to Dropbox

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 05:56:52 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     • Wiredfire :BA:

     @ernie @wiredfire I've not installed in months. Not doing as much as I was with it...

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     Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 05:56:53 JST Ernie Smith

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     • Wiredfire :BA:

     @wiredfire @mattl Running Pop!_OS today on my Linux machine but I have actually messed with some Arch based distros

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     Wiredfire :BA: (wiredfire@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 05:56:54 JST Wiredfire :BA:

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     • Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

     @mattl @ernie I’ll be honest, I’m not of a Linux Mint kinda guy when I tinker these days. Give me something that works out of the box and damned if the drivers are freely distributed but proprietary ?