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(My real name's Bill. I was feeling paranoid when I signed up:-)

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Originally posted by jimb888:
There's always one asshole that comes out and says "linux". But in this case there is two. Linux Mint is a great suggestion. However, if you don't have a couple of clean backups of your photos and data, hold up for a bit on that idea.

I run Mint on a @12 year old machine I paid $200 for 12 gb ram, 4tb HD). Added a $200 SSD drive ( likely more now), and it screams and runs flawlessly.

Good luck with it!

Uhhh, you should know that the 'First Asshole' that said "linux" was responding to the immediately preceding post by the OP (a.k.a. 'Biker_Dude'), where he had indicated that was what 'he' planned to do with the old PC. Come to think of it, I guess 'Biker_Dude' said it first, huh

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Originally posted by Biker_dude:

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
So how'd it work out? Updated? Problem solved?

Yeah, it's solved. I bought a new computer. I'll later be asking the SF braintrust how to a) install a new hard drive on a computer and b) how to install a Linux OS on it. My wife is a watercolorist and wants the computer for her studio. Finding pictures and viewing youtube tutorials.

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Originally posted by jimb888:
There's always one asshole that comes out and says "linux". But in this case there is two. Linux Mint is a great suggestion. However, if you don't have a couple of clean backups of your photos and data, hold up for a bit on that idea.

I run Mint on a @12 year old machine I paid $200 for 12 gb ram, 4tb HD). Added a $200 SSD drive ( likely more now), and it screams and runs flawlessly.

Good luck with it!

Linux. Linux Mint. Whatever it takes. "I'm gonna rewire the house." "You gonna install 220?" "220. 221. Whatever it takes."

More info on the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal issue that is/was consuming massive amounts of storage, as well as the fix for it in the latest Cumulative Update.

https://www.windowslatest.com/...-applied-to-your-pc/

I'll be the third asshole that says "linux." Are you aware that there are Linux distributions designed specifically to perform hard disk diagnoses and repair? These can all be booted/run from a thumb drive, or other USB-connected drive, they to not have to be loaded onto your internal hard drive. Last time I looked, they also offered the ability to transfer your wanted files from your old system to your new one.

They are free of cost, and represent little financial risk. Online tutorials exist that reduce the technical risk, e.g. erasing something you want to keep. While you have space on your new system, you might want to research and download an image and "burn" it to a flash drive (16GB should be big enough) to use when your new system fills up next year.

WRT your pending desire as to how to install a new hard drive, please provide the type of "disk" you want to install, e.g. a SSD, a traditional spinner, the type of interface (SATA, PATA, SCSI, M2, etc.) and, perhaps the drive card installed in the target machine with your request.

Linux? Why not a real UNIX®? FreeBSD is the real thing.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Linux? Why not a real UNIX®? FreeBSD is the real thing.

I actually agree with you, FreeBSD is certainly more secure, better documented, better networking, and saner defaults for those of us who cut our teeth on BSD4.2 and successors. However, and this may not be a good thing from a newbies PoV, Linux has far more application-specific distributions than the BSD's typical desktop/server installs.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Linux? Why not a real UNIX®? FreeBSD is the real thing.

You once told me that BSD is the real UNIX® after I had mentioned that FreeBSD was UNIX-like. Revised opinion?

https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...090067915#6090067915

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

You once told me that BSD is the real UNIX® after I had mentioned that FreeBSD was UNIX-like. Revised opinion?

No change. My posts are consistent with each other, but you misquoted me: I never said that BSD is the real UNIX® -- it is a real UNIX®. AT&T System V is just as real, as is (was) Digital Equipment's ULTRIX.

We have come a long long way from SystemV which, because of copyright, not technology, was the only OS of its type that could be called "real Unix."

Most, if not all, "Unix-inspired" operating systems have made huge improvement in the integrity, performance, and reliability of their code. Not to mention the thousands of applications, network services, network routing, window managers, etc. additions that were never a part of SystemV. Developers have re-written almost all of the OS in modern "Unix-like" OS's including both FreeBSD and Linux, the latter almost a from-the-ground-up construction. Relying mostly on open source code, distributors have been able to offer an almost infinite combination of features and styles, a way deeper rabbit hole than anyone envisioned in the olden days of SystemV, SunOS, SCO, Compaq 386bsd, HP-UX, et. al. Now you find BSD code in macOS, Android, MS Windows, and pretty much every modern OS, same with code written by Linus Torvalds.

Bottom line, which is the "real Unix" is an argument that has lost any validity it may have had with those who were once interested in the nitty gritty details. IMO, the important things about whatever unix you choose, it follows the basic principles of the "everything is a file" philosophy, utilities built for piping, a reasonably useful shell/CLI, performance, and (of course) top-notch security.

Edited to correct the name of the originator of linux.

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