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Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:25:29 GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:24:16 -0000 (UTC), Gremlin wrote:
>
>> I may have been able to fix it. It would have depended on what was in
>> the coffee and where it went once it entered the machine. Depending on
>> the substance the damage can be unrepairable.
>
> It was basically just 2% milk and stevia. Either way, the performance on
> that thing was appalling. Apple really didn't deliver decent machines
> until they started making their own chips. Putting Linux on there made the
> computer more fun to use, but even then I was shocked by how slow it was.
> Even the $115 ThinkPad with its modest Ryzen 3500U processor was a
> significant upgrade. It helped that I went from 8GB to 16GB of RAM too.
Ahh! Makes sense.
> If I didn't have an autistic son who takes up most of my time, I'd
> actually look into much of what you wrote and probably taken a greater
> interest in repairing. I pull double duty with the little guy because my
> wife has no patience whatsoever, so I have to be the calm one who prevents
> her from just murdering him.
I know several people with autistic children. I understand.
>> It's very frustrating. I could have had this issue resolved already if
>> the app would load on any of my Android devices. Oddly enough this
>> laptop I'm using is willing to grab the software for me - but as far as
>> I know, it doesn't have any internal hardware to read/write nfc/rfid
>> cards...I'd have to get an external device to do that. As far as I know.
>
> And I imagine that the audience for such hardware and software is so
> minimal that getting support on something like Linux would be impossible.
It's not as minimal as it might have been once. There's one package that I'm
aware of that's linux friendly and supports a variety of readers/writers.
I'll know more once the device gets here and I have time to mess around with
it.
> I can't imagine that the Macs were easy to repair, but I believe that the
> Apple ][Â was made to be because its architect was a tech, not a salesman.
> Wozniak, a Pole like me, believed in expandability and that a person
> should be able to hack hardware to get as much potential as possible out
> of it. For his part, Jobs just wanted to sell you more stuff.
They were a bit of a pain in the ass. Much more so depending on what you
were actually trying to get to.
> I always thought it was fascinating that both of Apple's creators had a
> certain link to me. One's Polish like me, the other shares my birthday.
That's pretty cool.
> I think that I would have had some fun back in the day doing that had my
> brain clicked and I realized that I could amass as many electronics as I
> wanted by repairing the stuff people just threw out.
That's how I obtained several stereo systems and TV sets growing up. :)
> I could easily live off a computer built in 2010 or even earlier for what
> I do on it. I only buy new hardware for games, but I've become addicted to
> the GOG model of DRM-free games and therefore play stuff released a decade
> or so ago. As a result, my machine's capabilities are going to be more
> than enough for the foreseeable future.
I understand! I was playing Doom1 the other day via DOSBoX-X. I've also got
console emulators and all the roms for some of them. Atari 2600, NES. The
stuff I grew up with. I enjoy a good game of Asteroids.
> I've always had people say that ThinkPads are excellent Linux machines and
> I have to agree. They also appear to be infinitely repairable, so I see no
> reason to consider anything else if gaming is not a priority.
I have no complaints with them. They're tough little machines.
--
Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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