Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ?

On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:05:24 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 19/08/2026 04:32, rbowman wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:16:09 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>> 
>>>     Anyway, they took away my hardwire and gave me a 5G where the
>>>     antenna is many miles away.
>>>     Weak signal almost always, perhaps packet errors too.
>> 
>> I had a Verizon MiFi for years and it served me well but I think the
>> closest tower is 6 miles away. Youtube, streaming Netflix, and so forth
>> wasn't a problem but I rarely saw 20 Mbis. StarLink is a reliable 100
>> Mbis and makes the world of difference for updates, downloading isos,
>> and so forth. It's also $40 / month cheaper.
> 
> You actually have starlink?
> 
> Well I guess in rural USA fuck the rednecks is the average ISPs
> response.

I'm not too far from the center of town -- but it's a rural road with few 
houses although it's built up over the years. It was never worthwhile for 
the cable people to bother with. I don't expect to see fiber. Cell towers 
are also placed to serve population areas.

This state is 147,000 square miles with about 1 million people. Great 
Britain is 80.000 square miles with 67 million people. We're not exactly 
cheek by jowl.