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   silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 12:20:14 JST silverwizard

   • Becky
   Linux just .... sometimes.... forgets that computers older than a year exist doesn't it
   
   I have a bunch of computers from 2012, completely fine computers, just don't use EFI, and devuan is freaking the fuck out and refusing to setup grub
   
   Do you think @firefly_lightning will notice if I use FreeBSD?
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 12:30:10 JST silverwizard

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     • Becky
     @firefly_lightning Ooof, this doesn't wanna boot anything off this disk... Is it time for a PXE server?
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 12:52:28 JST silverwizard

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     • me
     @me 2012 is reasonably modern
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     me (me@social.jlamothe.net)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 12:52:29 JST me

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     I've installed it on older computers without issue, but admittedly, not that old.
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 13:06:30 JST silverwizard

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     • clacke at libranet.de is my main
     • Becky
     @firefly_lightning @notclacke Linux is computers for people who know enough about computers to want them to suck
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     clacke at libranet.de is my main (notclacke@misskey.de)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 13:06:32 JST clacke at libranet.de is my main

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     • Becky

     @silverwizard@convenient.email @firefly_lightning@convenient.email Drivers don't work well on computers newer than a year, so I guess Linux doesn't know computers exist. ?

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 13:36:48 JST silverwizard

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     • mike
     @mike I know right!
     
     Though my ... work... tablet... (listen, it has a mechanical keyboard...) runs linux
     
     But I am not certain about the Wacom options
     
     Also - freebsd also failed the "boot on this thinkcentre" test
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     mike (mike@micro.mkp.ca)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 13:36:50 JST mike

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     @silverwizard Linux is a gaming OS. FreeBSD is for srs bsns!

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     me (me@social.jlamothe.net)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 13:37:41 JST me

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     @silverwizard Shots fired!
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