From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-30, rbowman  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:57:38 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
   >   
   >> I used Mandrake Linux for a short while. That was right before we got   
   >> high speed Internet for the first time via AT&T cable. I was working in   
   >> Tulsa and my wife called from Texas and let me know that it had been   
   >> installed. I told her to download Firefox, she did, there was a pause...   
   >> "It's not working." I said, "maybe it's already downloaded" — she   
   >> checked and it was. So that was basically the end of buying Linux CDs.   
   >   
   > I used Mandrake for a while. My memory is cloudy but I think it was an old   
   > Windows box I bought for $25. iirc the BIOS couldn't see the current   
   > generation of HDDs and the smaller platters were stupidly expensive. I   
   > remember hitting the local shops and asking what they did with old drives.   
   > "The dumpster."  e-waste wasn't a hot topic back then.   
      
   The computer I'm typing on now, a Lenovo ThinkCentre M910q Tiny, was in a   
   dumpster (but I guess it was an "e-Waste" dumpster). My nephew sent it to   
   me, along with another one he dug out. I had to find a motherboard for this   
   one on eBay ($21 shipped) but the i7-7700T CPU was in good working   
   condition. I don't see why I would ever need anything more advanced than   
   this. I like these mini computers.   
      
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