From: physfitfreak@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/16/25 9:44 PM, Jim Pennino wrote:   
   > Physfitfreak  wrote:   
   >> On 10/16/25 2:39 PM, Jim Pennino wrote:   
   >>> Physfitfreak  wrote:   
   >>>> I upgraded my Linux os from 21.3 (I think) to 22.2. It took about 2   
   >>>> hours! I remember the original installation of Linux mint had taken   
   >>>> about a minute or so.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Then when I began using my computer I noticed a few changes:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> - the JamesDSP equalizer that I always use for countering my defective   
   >>>> speaker system (very low frequency output) and enhance all high   
   >>>> frequencies is now going off after a few seconds of work either by   
   >>>> itself, or every time I interact with the audio or video I'm watching,   
   >>>> forcing me to get it back up again. This happens a lot and is quite a   
   >>>> problem.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> - videos at, the start, first think for a few seconds, then begin.. !   
   >>>>   
   >>>> - reaching internet itself also, at the beginning, thinks first and only   
   >>>> then connects.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> - when I boot up and the screen for getting my user and pass information   
   >>>> comes up and I enter the password and press the Enter key, I have to   
   >>>> wait about 6 seconds for the computer to respond (as if I have not hit   
   >>>> the Enter key) and get me to the desktop. In the previous version, the   
   >>>> response was immediate.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> If you know something about these issues and know how to correct them   
   >>>> please reply.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> How to correct these issues:   
   >>>   
   >>> Open a web browser and in the search bar type:   
   >>>   
   >>> "name of my distro" linux support   
   >>>   
   >>> Where "name of my distro" is the actual name of your distribution and   
   >>> press enter.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Don't you know you're my "cook"? Do that for me and come back here and   
   >> explain. Work for me you sucker "engineer."   
   >>   
   >   
   > My going rate for consulting on such things is $175/hr, 4 hour minimum   
   > up front.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
   Interesting, but I don't think so. Nobody pays $175/hr for getting   
   referred to Wikipedia and Google search and generally the internet and   
   free AI services.   
      
   You have no other skills. You're a good "cook" though. "Cook" for   
   physicists then.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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