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Re: That... could have gone better.

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From: rusty.hi...@foobar.girolle.co.uk (RustyHinge)
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Subject: Re: That... could have gone better.
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2023 00:51:05 +0000
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by: RustyHinge - Mon, 6 Nov 2023 00:51 UTC

On 05/11/2023 23:29, Pip Luscher wrote:
>
> PC data backed up, Ubuntu installed. Goodbye Windows. But...
>
> I *cannot* get VM email to log in, with credentials that work fine
> over the web interface.
>
> Firefox crashes frequently, often locking up the entire PC. I lost
> count of the number of hard reboots I've been through.
>
> Tried downloading Chrome, twice. Each time, the PC locked up
> before the download even started.
>
> Got Usenet set up... I thought. Message headers downloaded OK, but
> I cannot read contents, just get a blank page. Tried posting
> (pretty much this) and the "sending message" dialog just sat
> there, busy spinning.
>
> A fucking Raspberry Pi would be a better option.
>
> I *hate* PCs.

'Allo,'allo, 'allo! Move along please, nothing to see here.

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Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

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