From: jimp@gonzo.specsol.net   
      
   Physfitfreak  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   That was free, but you seem unable to actually do anything on   
   your own, hence the charge for me to do what you are unable to do   
   yourself.   
      
      
   >   
   > You have no other skills. You're a good "cook" though. "Cook" for   
   > physicists then.   
      
   Yet I get $175/hr...   
      
      
      
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