My exMac looks like old Mac, but 1/2 of software/harddisk is Debian i386 32b Buster, another 1/2 of HD (Toshiba MK1655GS ssd 160gb, Intel, 3gb memory) is Linux Mint 32b Ubuntu-based. Wikipedia said it's the first Mac (Snow Leopard)to run on 64bit. You asked what changed it from being a Macbook to an exmac. Letting Linux Debian 10.9 take over 100% of 160gb software. It is now impossible(?) to go back to Macbook 2.1 osx 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. The hardware is Mac, which is the keyboard & screen. Debian (& Mac) 'said' dvd player didn't work, neither the external dvd player. Mint didn't 'complain'. The Apple symbol appears on screen starting & a fanfare tune. Mac or not: Depends how you define it, external, internal, both. I didn't much think of it until now. For me it's no longer a Mac. Because for me the main use of a computer is the desktop look, the programs, the distribution. It's not a car, to get me around. It's to get my brainwork done; it's main value is on the inside. See? BR, Geg
BR, Geg On Sun, 1 Aug 2021, 23:33 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside, < deb...@polynamaude.com> wrote: > Hi, > Here's some example of hard to understand posts... > Maybe I ain't the only one following the thread, that tried to help > Gunnar but got lost in the linguistics problems. > > On 2021-08-01 9:39 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > > Dual boot'ed, > > I forgot to tell you. > > Thus the sucker(?) can sit 'alone' in a dysfunctional 1/2 of my PC, > > maybe 'he' never returns anyway. > *dysfunction 1/2 of your PC ?* > > Okay this could be related to the first sentence about dual booting. > So you got one of the two system not working. > > Which one ? > You know, how are we supposed to know. > > > After built up all in 1 'secret' 1/2, I plan to re-partition the 1t > *all in 1 'secret' 1/2 ?* > > What is this supposed to mean > > > half, to clean out 'all' dysfunctions, in a Linux, & Linux Debian > *clean out all dysfunction in a Linux & Linux Debian* > > So you have two Debian system ? > > > 'answer' to Factory Reset, a learning way, which FReset really isn't, or > > little. > *'answer' to Factory Reset* ? > > Where you answered what ? > > FReset ? Is it a typo for Reset or a way for you to say Factory Reset ? > > Trying to save a few letter won't help your case. > > Unless you are using a 300 baud modem, maybe you should let go the space > saving acronym and use plain English. > > I won't go back to the list of messages... > > But here's one that is pretty much the top of line when we consider hard > to understand. > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/07/msg01033.html > > Thx for the request to help in this project even not knowing code. I'll > firstly try it on my 14 yr old Debian Buster ex-macbook. Nice way to > include more people &, probably, improve+stabilize the distro much faster. > Learning Linux Debian is a nice hobby(feels more like a lifestyle) > > -- > > *A ex-Macbook ? what make it change from a MacBook to a none-Macbook ?* > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/07/msg01219.html > > >> On 2021-07-28 3:16 p.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > >>> It is a Toshiba 160 gb hd in a 14 years old Macbook i386 ❤️/x86 32 b > >>> booting from Bios not uefi. I'll give full report in 1-2 weeks, after > >>> put in VM in it, faster internet to it to handle VM. > >>> And built websites with it. > >>> Geg > > .... > > > One might assume from > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/07/msg01033.html > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/07/msg01167.html > > > > that these deal with the same machine, and that Gunnar hasn't quite > > mastered the technique of threading, but is keen to add to the > > list of tested hardware. > > > One doesn't always read all the messages and only uses the subject to > get a idea. > > Now is he saying his machine can WORK with Debian or is this related to > the message I had with him earlier about a problem with his system NOT > WORKING and CRASHING on update, requiring CLEAN REINSTALL. > > And this is the part that would be nice to know... > > ---- > > *And we still don't know !* > > > BR, > > Geg. > > > > On Wed, 21 Jul 2021, 18:59 Dan Ritter, <d...@randomstring.org > > <mailto:d...@randomstring.org>> wrote: > > > > Reco wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 10:51:40AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > Numbers show that I was incorrect. Let's call it "unlikely" > instead of > > > "rare". Let the popcon graphs speak for themselves: > > > > > > https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=firefox-esr > > <https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=firefox-esr> > > > vs > > > https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=openjdk-11 > > <https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=openjdk-11> > > > > Standard reminder: popcon vastly over-represents > > individually-owned laptops and desktops over servers and > > corporately-owned anything. > > > > In this case, individuals are sometimes infected with ransomware > > by happenstance, but corporates are actually targets. > > > > > It won't by itself, of course. One sure way to beat ransomware is > to > > > take immutable backups (i.e. unmodifiable by host during and after > the > > > backup is taken), and as recent history shows us - ransomware > victims > > > apparently do not use this approach. > > > > Yes indeed. > > > > -dsr- > > > > -- > Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside > -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development > >
