Subj : Re: Thin client PC to run
To : Rob Mccart
From : Gamgee
Date : Wed Dec 03 2025 04:18 pm
-=> Rob Mccart wrote to GAMGEE <=-
DW> Same. It seems like I do learn things now, but a lot of it is "use
DW> once" knowledge that I either never need again, or it is so long
DW> between needs that I forget it. ;)
GA>Yep, for sure. Still learning also, but at a slower pace, and smaller
>leaps. We can now learn anything instantly with a Google search, which
>is much different than trying to find a (printed) manual for something,
>or ask questions on echomail and wait a day or two to hopefully get an
>answer. Got to tell ya, I miss those days.
DW> It somehow also isn't as much fun as it was when I learned something I
DW> could do back then.
GA>Not *nearly* as much fun.
RM> The other thing that's changed over the years is it's a lot harder to
RM> get into the OS to change things. We used to have pretty much full
RM> control over that if you knew what you were doing but it's a lot
RM> harder to access things these days.
RM> Probably some of the OS's other than Windows are still more open..
Hmmmm, yeah, that hasn't changed for me; perhaps even gone the other
direction. I did use Win95 and maybe Win98 for a while, but mostly it's
been from DOS to Linux for me, and Linux is *very* controllable. In
fact that's a highlighted point for Linux. ;-)
