simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 08:02:37 JST
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Machine is set up and working! Nephew cleaned the motherboard with isopropyl alcohol, put thermal paste onto the cpu... we built the machine from scratch, using only spare- or second hand parts. Now it would be the right time to install W10 and all the drivers, but the 11 years old declared he doesn't want a W10 but reinstall his Linux Mint on the new machine. It fits his coding purposes better, he declared (game engine programming).You should have seen his face when the machine booted the first time and we changed into BIOS (no OS installed yet), when he saw how all the fans are working spotless, showing CPU, graphic card, RAM etc. working well. And he needled me with questions I couldn't give a proper answer to (which I conceded, obviously), e.g., if it is reall ynecessary to flash the newest BIOS when the older one is still pretty recent... It was much fun working with him and realizing that I was more unhappy with not installing W10 than he was made me grin brightly: 11 years old, and already so far ahead into the future than I am. I'm glad and happy to have such a wonderful nephew. It was a couple of great days.