Subj : Re: Thin client PC to run
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Gamgee
Date : Wed Dec 03 2025 16:18:17

-=> 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.  ;-)



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