Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

2019-06-03 Thread Aere Greenway
On 6/3/19 11:21 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: That could very well happen. But of course, those perfectly-useful machines could eventually die a 'natural computer death', as well, rather than being junked because there is no modern OS to run on them. So far though, they are

Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

2019-06-03 Thread Fritz Hudnut
That could very well happen. > > But of course, those perfectly-useful machines could eventually die a > 'natural computer death', as well, rather than being junked because there > is no modern OS to run on them. > > So far though, they are working well, and going strong, accomplishing > useful

Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

2019-06-03 Thread Walter Lapchynski
On 2019-06-03 15:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > At best a teenager remembers to have > heard one of the most sold Beatles songs, if a grandpa ever put a > best of the Beatles record on. Not to mess with you Ralf, but my daughter, a teenager, absolutely loves the Beatles and I'm primarily the person

Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

2019-06-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 17:19:50 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 07:57:16 -0700, Fritz Hudnut wrote: >>Still, likely at some point Debian will do with 32 bit >>what it did with PPC??? Hard to say for sure . . . . > >It is not hard to say.

Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

2019-06-03 Thread Aere Greenway
On 6/3/19 8:57 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Hi, On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 01:28, Aere Greenway > wrote: > Thanks for the information.  I will do that if 32-bit is still not > available in Lubuntu 20.04. > Debian is my plan B for my 32-bit netbook :) BW, Ian @Aere &&

Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

2019-06-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 07:57:16 -0700, Fritz Hudnut wrote: >Still, likely at some point Debian will do with 32 bit >what it did with PPC??? Hard to say for sure . . . . It is not hard to say. https://www.dodo.com/sites/dodo/files/2018-08/Dodo_14b_Home_LRG_1014x1049_3.png Immortality does not exist.

Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

2019-06-03 Thread Fritz Hudnut
Hi, On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 01:28, Aere Greenway wrote: > Thanks for the information. I will do that if 32-bit is still not > available in Lubuntu 20.04. > Debian is my plan B for my 32-bit netbook :) BW, Ian @Aere && Ian: I have a "Siduction" install in one of my linux partitions, which is a

Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

2019-06-02 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi, On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 01:28, Aere Greenway wrote: > Thanks for the information. I will do that if 32-bit is still not > available in Lubuntu 20.04. > Debian is my plan B for my 32-bit netbook :) BW, Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org -- My writing -

Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

2019-06-01 Thread Aere Greenway
On 5/30/19 12:29 PM, Samuel J. Klein wrote: "A bigger concern for me, is the ending of support for 32-bit architecture machines. When that happens, I will have several machines that are only useful as musical instruments, and (to a more limited extent) as test machines." It was announced that

Re: [lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

2019-06-01 Thread Samuel J. Klein
> "A bigger concern for me, is the ending of support for 32-bit > architecture machines. When that happens, I will have several machines > that are only useful as musical instruments, and (to a more limited > extent) as test machines." It was announced that 32-arch will be included in ports of

[lubuntu-users] The ending of various technological "waves"

2019-05-30 Thread Fritz Hudnut
"A bigger concern for me, is the ending of support for 32-bit architecture machines. When that happens, I will have several machines that are only useful as musical instruments, and (to a more limited extent) as test machines." @Aere G: I "feel" you, as they say on the mean streets of LA . . .