On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 9:51 PM Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > David Wright composed on 2019-08-29 19:49 (UTC-0500): > > > Unfortunately, virtually every conversation about any of your systems > > begins with a tirade about how Debian is completely broken, whether > > it's the... > > I'm guessing most of it would be curtailed if he could install the current > stable > release of what has proven to be the most stable OS available and upgrade to a > realtime kernel that controlled all his machine tools just like it used to be > able > to do before all the "improvements" got rolled into it. > > Be kind. It ain't so much fun getting old, and the unfun is multiplied by > being a > caregiver for a spouse with dementia or strains simply to breathe even using > an > oxygen bottle or generator while limping along on a bunch of chemicals and > replacement body parts to keep the old kicker kicking. Given his spouse's > condition, this might be one of few opportunities he gets to communicate with > people of intelligence. I'm sure he, like many in his age group, needs mental > exercise as available here as much as he and others like him need physical > exercise they don't get because of the existence of electronic video displays > and > all that appears on them for whatever reason.
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