Subj : Remmina RDP To : Mike Powell From : Barry Martin Date : Tue May 14 2024 07:33:00 Hi Mike! -=> KY MOFFET wrote to MIKE POWELL <=- KM> There's a Debian install in the stack, but I dislike Debian (even KM> with KDE desktop) and since I never use it, haven't been arsed to KM> update it. I suppose it's a full version up by now. > That SBC now runs debian proper just fine. KM> That should be true for any hardware that "requires" some KM> downstream distro. Frex, if it wants Ubuntu, there's no reason it KM> can't run Debian... so long as it's compiled for that CPU. I won't disagree with Ky as he has his set of needs-wants-desires that differ from others. Not right, not wrong. LIS in an earlier message, I switched to Ubuntu because that's what MythBuntu was using and being semi-familiar with the OS helped me figure out what wasn't quite right with my Myth devices. For me also worked out as the Raspberry Pi's used an operating system similar to Ubuntu. Is Ubuntu THE one? According to Ky no, and I'll agree with him up to a point. I've had my share of well-this-is-stupid-why-isn't-it-fixed. Ubuntu seems to be fairly well supported by having a wide variety of optional utilities available (and at a super-low price!!), though that statement is biased as I haven't really tried other OSs -- my main beef is when only offered for Windows and then I sometimes whine (anyone catch the homonym of 'whine' and 'WINE'?!). I think some of the 'complications' of whichever version of Linux one selects is because Windows does things as a benevolent bully. Microsoft has the money and manpower to figure out how to have the installer programmes make the discovery of which CPU its looking at, etc. I'm thinking Linux can also, just maybe not worth the pages of code to do it. I know one of the original concepts was to keep the installation small enough to fit on a CD: 650 MB. As for the bully part, it seems Microsoft has told compmuter component manufactures "do it my way and don't play with anyone else". Probably not in so many words as that's inviting legal problems, but sure seems to me like there's a bit of fear going on. ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... "I just dialed a wrong 800 number. Will I be charged?" --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .