Subj : ain't worth a plugged martian nickle
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nick Boel
Date : Thu Aug 13 2026 05:27 pm

Hey Maurice!

On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:08:28 , you wrote:

 > Given that I am just one person I honestly believe that puts my builds
 > more or less up to speed with the fellas at Archlinux.

I mentioned that I caught up because of gcc, mainly. You definitely are ahead 
of the game, usually, unless you don't update right away.

 > Yes but that is cheating.

I don't consider it cheating, just eliminating the time it takes to compile so 
I can do other things, instead!

 > I am more impressed with the fellas over at Archlinux.  They did all the
 > hard work so that you could update and reboot in 3 minutes.

I agree, and so am I! I love the fact that I don't have to do the "hard work". 
:)

 > It took me literally days to build 3 systems each from scratch.  I have
 > one more to go but am taking a break.  Mind you that one only requires
 > the good stuff (ie no gui and it's greedy apps) so it won't take too
 > long to bring up to speed.  :-)

Yikes, days is way too long for me. But you're retired. You probably have a lot 
more free time than I do (and it's great to keep your mind active after you 
retire). Mayhaps, when I'm retired I can go back to doing things the hard way, 
but that's not any time soon... and probably not!

Regards,
Nick

.... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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