Subj : krebs on linux
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Aug 24 2025 21:53:00

Hello Maurice!

** On Sunday 24.08.25 - 18:56, you wrote to me:

 >> Krebs is giving a shoutout to a linux alternative..

 MK> Yeah sure.  Happens everytime there is a new MS-Windows release.

I haven't been following Kreb's reports religiously.  But this  
last comment of his is a pre-cursor to MS's announcement to  
drop Win10 security updates.


 >> Mint will run on anything with a 64-bit CPU that has at least 2GB of
 >> memory, although 4GB is recommended.

 MK> Bah!  Child's play.  Check out ftp://
 MK> mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/slackware /slackware-3.3/
 MK> INSTALL.TXT ... however I doubt it will boot on an x86_64.
 MK> Mind you I doubt Mint will boot on a 386.

I think Kreb's point is to mention the linux alternative that  
would work best for Windows-users on most Win10-equipped  
machines out there now, not older 386s.

If I wasn't tied to the neccessity of needing MS Access in my  
work, I'd be using linux 13 yrs ago on my modest PC equipment!

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