From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-21 05:50, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 2/20/26 14:32, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:21:49 -0500, c186282 wrote:   
      
      
   >> We used to use xen on a HA server but it switched to kvm. The support   
   >> people didn't miss xen. It did amuse me that the sysadmins that   
   >> refused to   
   >> use Linux didn't know their Windows Server VMs were running on Red Hat.   
   >   
   >    Ya see, this is all COMPLICATED - fine if you're a   
   >    highly-caffeinated teenage geek who is not distracted   
   >    by any girlfriends, but I ain't teen-aged anymore   
   >    by a LONG shot.   
   >   
   >    I screwed around for awhile and apparently DID manage   
   >    to load the KVM kernel stuff - it's mostly under 'qemu-"   
   >    entries. Alas, nothing new in the menus.   
   >   
   >    So, downloaded VirtualBox ... but attempting to get   
   >    an OpenSUSE to install there were evil messages about   
   >    how it couldn't run because some KVM kernel shit had   
   >    already been done. Instructions for disabling/removing   
   >    said KVM shit ... kinda useless. Best advice was to   
   >    rebuild the kernel from scratch - NO THANKS !   
   >   
   >    Can't get there from here.   
   >   
   >    SO, have OpenSUSE installing right now - netinst over   
   >    my slow-ass connection. Told it to install all the   
   >    KVM stuff, so I'll see what I get. VBox is good but   
   >    KVM is pretty good too so I don't care.   
   >   
   >    SO, instead of Deb13 with an OSUSE VM it'll hopefully   
   >    be OSUSE with a Deb13 VM :-)   
   >   
   >    Oh, Deb13 did NOT solve my ffmpeg problem. A little   
   >    better, but ..... I swear it is somehow linked to   
   >    the time of day !   
   >   
   >    We'll see if Leap can do it better.   
   >   
   >    DID have to pick KDE ... the XFCE was 'experimental   
   >    Wayland' and I really don't wanna do Wayland.   
      
   Huh. Plasma is wayland. There is normal X11 with XFCE.   
      
   >   
   >    Leap now promises 24 months of support. This ain't   
   >    too bad. If I'm still alive in two years, well,   
   >    who knows what I'll install. NOT sure how easy it   
   >    is to update OS "in place" these days, haven't   
   >    used the distro in awhile.   
      
   I have been upgrading in place my SUSE system for over two decades.   
      
   >   
   >    Hell, my last OS install was Tumbleweed - on a PI4 !   
   >   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
           Carlos E.R.   
           ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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