Linux/Ubuntu laptop with no eth/lan port

MR mrzenwiz at gmail.com
Fri Nov 22 20:23:36 UTC 2024


On Fri, Nov 22, 2024, 04:32 Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 at 20:44, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> :
> > PS: The laptop I bought was an LG 17Z90N - a higher-end consumer
> > machine (on sale for $1G, down from $1500 IIRC),
>
> What does $1G mean to you? To me G = giga = 1000 million.
>
Obviously not, as "down from $1500" quite clearly indicates otherwise.

$1G is US for one grand - a thousand dollars. I didn't know of anyone who
uses it for a billion dollars.


> May I suggest you try to be more careful with words and terminology?
> It's really important in tech and in Linux. You're replying to a mail
> where I pointed out you used the wrong word with a reply that... uses
> the wrong word, AFAICS?
>
> I think you meant $1K. 10⁶ or a million times less.
>
Yes, it could read that way.

And yes, I will work to ensure my future communications are clearer from
the top.

MRZ
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