[clue-talk] Why X? [long, with provocative questions]

[Matt Gushee]

Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> 
>> It was an objective statement, since I was comparing her machine with 
>> mine. And I have to disappoint you--it's about 600 Mhz, with about 
>> 128MB of RAM (so actually she has a faster CPU and less RAM). But, 
>> see, that's part of what I'm talking about. It really wasn't very long 
>> ago that that machine would have been considered plenty fast. Now 
>> everyone despises it  as "ancient." Seems like the Linux world has 
>> given in to the artificial "need" to keep buying faster and faster 
>> hardware.
> 
> Well, it was about 5 years ago when that would be considered a new 
> system.  I'm sure there are reasons why Linux requires more air to 
> breathe, but if you're interested I still have ISO's that stretch back 
> to RH 5.2 (I might have to double check).

Don't worry, I have older ones than that. But one thing I like about the 
modern world is DSL. So I just update my system with

   $ pacman -Syu

Now that's lean and mean!

--
Matt Gushee
Englewood, CO, USA