Subj : 555 - afterthought
To   : Ed Vance
From : Barry Martin
Date : Fri Dec 20 2024 07:23:00


Hi Ed!

 > That's true!  Also sometimes handy when looking up stuff with search
 > engines, but I also get a lot of old/antique returns which won't work
 > because it's giving me a reply relevant to an old operating system and I
 > need it for a current one.  ...Seems like there could be switch to
 > ignore old years and so allow only a current but that would exclude our
 > scenario with a current response to an old post.  Or 'The Post Which
 > Never Dies': started in 1985 and is still current with minor
 > alterations.
 EV> Alta Vista was the first Search Engine I used in 1996.
 EV> Then Search com , yahoo, maybe others until I began using
 EV> DuckDuckGo.
 
I can't recall what the first search engine I used was; seems like most 
of my on-line time was BBSing and since the questions I had were
electronics-related was easier to ask people, plus could get specific
answers for my situation.

 EV> When searching for old computers maybe mentioning the Operating
 EV> System would help.
 
For me (or my thinking!) does and doesn't help; my current batch of
questions span several OSs: 'Linux > Ubuntu > 24.04/Noble Numbat' but 
the problem may have been resolved with 18.04, just I never had it until
now.  I should experiment with other search engines - Google might be 
good for certain types of searchs but DuckDuckGo for others.  Just a 
matter of getting accustomed to a new one.


 EV> The newest computer here has Vista OS.
 EV> Oldest is C=64 I got in 1984 .

Newest computer here is a Raspberry Pi 5, oldest is a DEC Rainbow 100 
which was the first computer I owned -- 1983??

I got out of Windows because of the cost and a need to better understand
how the underlying OS for MythDora worked.  MythDora was a utility to 
record TV shows -- think TiVo on steroids.  Was based on Ubuntu, so
started playing with that and liked it.  Ky will probably tell you there
are better branches out there, and I'll agree, but for me a lot easier
to know all my computers run essentially the same OS.  The current
MythTV (MythDora died off years ago) is an add-on utility as far as I 
can figure out based on Ubuntu but can also be run under other branches.
For me a lot less of a problem to install on what it was made for,


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