Re: Proposal - alt.magick.astrology

On Saturday, January 29, 2022 12:55 PM Peter J Ross wrote:

> On 2022-01-29, William Bagwell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Saturday, January 29, 2022 10:08 AM Peter J Ross wrote:
>>
>>> On 2022-01-29, Adam H. Kerman <[email protected]> wrote:

>>>> It's great to see you on Usenet.
>>> 
>>> Ditto!
>>
>> Hard drive in my beloved Mandriva 2008 Spring computer failed about 15
>> months ago. Jumped over to my 'new' <cough> Mageia 5.0 rig. Getting back
>> on Usenet has been a bit low on my priority list.
> 
> Nobody cares or even notices when *I'm* absent for 15 months or more,
> because you're one of the nice guys and I am not!

Aww, you are o... Never mind, nice try though;-)

> Mageia is a new name to me. I used Mandrake for a while circa 2001,
> because I couldn't get X working on Debian Potato, and I liked it. I'm
> not happy with modern Debian or Ubuntu, so perhaps I ought to try
> Mageia.

One of the two early forks of Mandriva, PC Linux OS being the other. If you 
are fluent in Russian or Portuguese Mandriva might still be a choice. Died 
for English language users years ago. 

Oh, tried Warty Warthog (still have the disc) and never touched Ubuntu 
again.

> Meanwhile, I have Windows 2000 running in VirtualBox, so, if you'll
> excuse me, I have to bash some Ice Drakes in Exile 3.

Gives me an idea. Need to do some homework and will get back to this in two 
or three years. 
-- 
William