XPost: alt.os.linux.mint   
   From: noah@bodie.not   
      
   On 2025-02-17 08:06 PM, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   > On 2025-02-17, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:   
   >> On 2025-02-17 05:45 PM, Alan K. wrote:   
   >>> On 2/17/25 04:26 PM, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-02-17 11:30 AM, Edmund wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2/16/25 23:32, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:   
   >>>>>> Has anyone seen the web site that lets you test distros online,   
   >>>>>> without having to install anything. It's pretty neat!   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Great!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> How do you like your linux meal sir?   
   >>>>> Without salt?   
   >>>>> Without pepper?   
   >>>>> Without a plate?   
   >>>>> Without a fork?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Freedom of choice, we have more choices then you have years left to   
   >>>>> live.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'm okay with my current linux but I will have to switch/upgrade someday.   
   >>>> Being able to test different options without having to download   
   >>>> anything is a help.   
   >>   
   >>> Why do you think switching is an option.   
   >>> I'm not distro hopping but I have been testing different ones now and   
   >>> then.  I have a small 40G extra partition and I plant one there now and   
   >>> then.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Eventually my current system will be too old to keep up with the newer apps.   
      
   > As in "the hardware is too old/slow for a newer release" ?   
      
      
   No, as in there will be apps that I want to run but my OS will be too   
   outdated to support them. I'm already running into that now and it will   
   likely get worse.   
      
   For example there are some AI apps that I want to run locally but they   
   require libraries that are only available to users who are running the   
   latest versions of Linux.   
      
   I'm also having an issue getting the latest FireFox to run and I think   
   it *might* be due to my OS using outdated libraries but I don't know for   
   certain what the cause is. The latest WaterFox works fine, tho.   
      
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