Re: KISS Still Active

On 7/29/26 14:56, rbowman wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:16:23 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> You have to be extremely stupid to think that everyone is intelligent
>> enough and has lived long enough to know everything about everything.
>>
>> Ergo those that think people ought to be able to compile their own
>> kernels are extremely stupid.
> 
> I can safely say I've forgotten more (everything TBH) about compiling
> kernels than some will ever know. I do have the distinct memory of when
> Red Hat Linux's homegrown gcc could not compile a kernel. I switched to
> SuSE after that episode. It only took about 20 years before I tried
> anything Red Hat related again.

   It's all TOO COMPLICATED/DEEP now. Linux
   isn't what it was 20+ years ago.

   Yea, the system is much More Useful now, but
   at a PRICE.

   USED to be that Joe Users could deal, now
   it's a handful of 'gurus'.

   Time for a NEW minimalist system ???

   Hey, how about CP/M-2027 ??? :-)