Another rant

[Liam Proven]

On 17 November 2017 at 02:59, Ken D'Ambrosio <ken at jots.org> wrote:
>
> I remember, 'back in '95 or so, reading through the xf86config file, and
> corresponding HOWTO, praying to God I wasn't about to smoke my monitor.
> I remember how the audio HOWTO ended with, "And if you're still having
> trouble, fire up Emacs, and type 'M-x doctor'."  Which fired up an ELIZA
> clone.  Helpful, that.

:-o

> I remember when the networking HOWTO for the 3c503 offered to pay $5, cash,
> for anyone willing to send in the EPROMs off the card, because the module
> maintainer hated the cards so much.

Ahahahaha! I *think* it was the 3c501, which Donald Becker hated with a passion.

Cf. the code comments in here:

http://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/v2.6.29/source/drivers/net/3c501.c

But yes.

> All things being equal, I'm pretty content with Linux these days.  Still
> some bumps here and there -- but any time I start to get frustrated, I
> remember just how much fun it is to remove viruses from Windows.  (NOTE: I'm
> not one of those nearsighted linux fanbois who think we *can't* get viruses
> or worms; we can.  But even if we do, there are mechanisms that can help get
> behind the scenes -- 'strace', 'lastcomm', 'find / -type f -executable
> -mtime -1 -size +1c', etc.)
>
> Just my two bits' worth...

Thanks for the nostalgia!

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