From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

Caches are supposed to speed up access to frequently-used data. They
are also supposed to be self-managing, automatically purging old,
stale content that hasn’t been accessed in a while. Yet here we are,
with any number of articles advising you how to manually clear your
Windows cache, because if you let it accumulate, it will lead to worse
instead of better performance, needless consumption of storage space,
and also deterioration of system reliability. (As if Dimdows was that
reliable to begin with ...)

Do you think Microsoft’s engineers should be given copies of a basic
Comp Sci text that explains how caches are supposed to work?

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-clear-windows-11-pc-cache/> <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4053360/how-to-clear-the-cache-of-my-installed-apps-in-win/>
<https://www.howtogeek.com/679171/how-to-clear-your-cache-in-windows-10/> <https://www.reddit.com/r/techtalktutorials/comments/1movwow/how_to_clear_cache_in_windows_11_stepbystep_pc/>
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On 2025-12-22 3:22 a.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

Caches are supposed to speed up access to frequently-used data. They
are also supposed to be self-managing, automatically purging old,
stale content that hasn’t been accessed in a while. Yet here we are,
with any number of articles advising you how to manually clear your
Windows cache, because if you let it accumulate, it will lead to worse instead of better performance, needless consumption of storage space,
and also deterioration of system reliability. (As if Dimdows was that reliable to begin with ...)

Do you think Microsoft’s engineers should be given copies of a basic
Comp Sci text that explains how caches are supposed to work?

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-clear-windows-11-pc-cache/> <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4053360/how-to-clear-the-cache-of-my-installed-apps-in-win/>
<https://www.howtogeek.com/679171/how-to-clear-your-cache-in-windows-10/> <https://www.reddit.com/r/techtalktutorials/comments/1movwow/how_to_clear_cache_in_windows_11_stepbystep_pc/>

Honestly, this is a great point. Most of the problems I've fixed for co-workers is due to cache and the operating system breaking itself
(fixed with SFC and DISM). It's quite uncanny that such things still
happen in 2025 with a modern operating system like Microsoft's.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

W dniu 22.12.2025 o 19:56, CrudeSausage pisze:

modern operating system like Microsoft's.

To be honest it is not modern at all.
--
Jacek Marcin Jaworski, Pruszcz Gd., woj. Pomorskie, Polska🇵🇱, EU🇪🇺;
tel.: +48-609-170-742, najlepiej w godz.: 5:15-5:55 lub 17:15-17:55; <jmj@energokod.gda.pl>, gpg: 4A541AA7A6E872318B85D7F6A651CC39244B0BFA;
Domowa s. WWW: <https://energokod.gda.pl>;
Mini Netykieta: <https://energokod.gda.pl/MiniNetykieta.html>;
Mailowa Samoobrona: <https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/pl>.

--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

At Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:56:38 -0500, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-12-22 3:22 a.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

Caches are supposed to speed up access to frequently-used data. They
are also supposed to be self-managing, automatically purging old,
stale content that hasn’t been accessed in a while. Yet here we are,
with any number of articles advising you how to manually clear your
Windows cache, because if you let it accumulate, it will lead to worse instead of better performance, needless consumption of storage space,
and also deterioration of system reliability. (As if Dimdows was that reliable to begin with ...)

Do you think Microsoft’s engineers should be given copies of a basic
Comp Sci text that explains how caches are supposed to work?

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-clear-windows-11-pc-cache/> <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4053360/how-to-clear-the-cache-of-my-installed-apps-in-win/>
<https://www.howtogeek.com/679171/how-to-clear-your-cache-in-windows-10/> <https://www.reddit.com/r/techtalktutorials/comments/1movwow/how_to_clear_cache_in_windows_11_stepbystep_pc/>

Honestly, this is a great point. Most of the problems I've fixed for co-workers is due to cache and the operating system breaking itself
(fixed with SFC and DISM). It's quite uncanny that such things still
happen in 2025 with a modern operating system like Microsoft's.

I agree with you.

I don't agree with your clock, though... ;)
--
-v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 Mem: 258G
OS: Linux 6.18.2 D: Mint 22.2 DE: Xfce 4.18 (X11)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090Ti (24G) (580.105.08)
"2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2."
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On 2025-12-22 10:16 a.m., 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:

W dniu 22.12.2025 o 19:56, CrudeSausage pisze:

modern operating system like Microsoft's.

To be honest it is not modern at all.

Since it is installed on current machines, it is by definition a modern operating system.

Do widzenia.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On 2025-12-22 10:25 a.m., vallor wrote:

At Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:56:38 -0500, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-12-22 3:22 a.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

Caches are supposed to speed up access to frequently-used data. They
are also supposed to be self-managing, automatically purging old,
stale content that hasn’t been accessed in a while. Yet here we are,
with any number of articles advising you how to manually clear your
Windows cache, because if you let it accumulate, it will lead to worse
instead of better performance, needless consumption of storage space,
and also deterioration of system reliability. (As if Dimdows was that
reliable to begin with ...)

Do you think Microsoft’s engineers should be given copies of a basic
Comp Sci text that explains how caches are supposed to work?

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-clear-windows-11-pc-cache/>
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4053360/how-to-clear-the-cache-of-my-installed-apps-in-win/>
<https://www.howtogeek.com/679171/how-to-clear-your-cache-in-windows-10/> >>> <https://www.reddit.com/r/techtalktutorials/comments/1movwow/how_to_clear_cache_in_windows_11_stepbystep_pc/>

Honestly, this is a great point. Most of the problems I've fixed for
co-workers is due to cache and the operating system breaking itself
(fixed with SFC and DISM). It's quite uncanny that such things still
happen in 2025 with a modern operating system like Microsoft's.

I agree with you.

I don't agree with your clock, though... ;)

You shouldn't. I went into a Linux environment for a moment to transfer
files from a hard disk connected to an HDHomeRun device (a
network-connected device which enables one to share an over-the-air
signal throughout the house). Since the HD is formatted as XFS, I had to
use a Linux Mint test environment to edtract the files and bring them
over to another portable hard disk. Unfortunately, the Linux Mint USB
key always uses the GMT time zone and then screws up the time when I
return to Windows.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On 2025-12-22, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> wrote:

At Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:56:38 -0500, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-12-22 3:22 a.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

Caches are supposed to speed up access to frequently-used data. They
are also supposed to be self-managing, automatically purging old,
stale content that hasn’t been accessed in a while. Yet here we are,
with any number of articles advising you how to manually clear your
Windows cache, because if you let it accumulate, it will lead to worse
instead of better performance, needless consumption of storage space,
and also deterioration of system reliability. (As if Dimdows was that
reliable to begin with ...)

Do you think Microsoft’s engineers should be given copies of a basic
Comp Sci text that explains how caches are supposed to work?

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-clear-windows-11-pc-cache/>
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4053360/how-to-clear-the-cache-of-my-installed-apps-in-win/>
<https://www.howtogeek.com/679171/how-to-clear-your-cache-in-windows-10/> >> > <https://www.reddit.com/r/techtalktutorials/comments/1movwow/how_to_clear_cache_in_windows_11_stepbystep_pc/>

Honestly, this is a great point. Most of the problems I've fixed for
co-workers is due to cache and the operating system breaking itself
(fixed with SFC and DISM). It's quite uncanny that such things still
happen in 2025 with a modern operating system like Microsoft's.

I agree with you.

Same.
To be fair though IMHO some of the more severe breakage occurs because users screw around with things based upon idiocy they dig up on the web.
Registry entries are a classic one.

MS updates expect certain things to be in certain places and when they are not due to a user changing things in the OS, sometimes the update process is unable to deal with this properly.
Why MS just doesn't stop the update, post a message saying something like "X is not in Y place" do you want to continue?
is beyond me.
In my experience the users who have the least issues with Windows are the ones who update regularly and don't screw with things under the covers.

I don't agree with your clock, though... ;)

LOL!
I spotted that :)
--
pothead

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views,
but then are shocked and offended to discover that there
are other views.

William F. Buckley, Jr.
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On 2025-12-22 8:25 p.m., pothead wrote:

On 2025-12-22, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> wrote:

At Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:56:38 -0500, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-12-22 3:22 a.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

Caches are supposed to speed up access to frequently-used data. They
are also supposed to be self-managing, automatically purging old,
stale content that hasn’t been accessed in a while. Yet here we are, >>>> with any number of articles advising you how to manually clear your
Windows cache, because if you let it accumulate, it will lead to worse >>>> instead of better performance, needless consumption of storage space,
and also deterioration of system reliability. (As if Dimdows was that
reliable to begin with ...)

Do you think Microsoft’s engineers should be given copies of a basic >>>> Comp Sci text that explains how caches are supposed to work?

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-clear-windows-11-pc-cache/>
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4053360/how-to-clear-the-cache-of-my-installed-apps-in-win/>
<https://www.howtogeek.com/679171/how-to-clear-your-cache-in-windows-10/> >>>> <https://www.reddit.com/r/techtalktutorials/comments/1movwow/how_to_clear_cache_in_windows_11_stepbystep_pc/>

Honestly, this is a great point. Most of the problems I've fixed for
co-workers is due to cache and the operating system breaking itself
(fixed with SFC and DISM). It's quite uncanny that such things still
happen in 2025 with a modern operating system like Microsoft's.

I agree with you.

Same.
To be fair though IMHO some of the more severe breakage occurs because users screw around with things based upon idiocy they dig up on the web.
Registry entries are a classic one.

No, things tend to break on their own. To give you an idea, I wanted to convert twelve programs I recorded on my HDHomeRun device yesterday to smaller, h.264 files through Handbrake. I set the process up and figured
that it would run while I went over to my parents' house to drop off my
mutt. As soon as I cane home, I was surprised that most of it wasn't
done because the computer went to sleep ten minutes after I left.
Meanwhile, I had set Windows up to _not_ sleep if the device is plugged
in. I can't imagine what caused the settings to revert to default. A
good three hours of a boring process which could have already been
completed by the time I got home simply weren't.

MS updates expect certain things to be in certain places and when they are not
due to a user changing things in the OS, sometimes the update process is unable
to deal with this properly.
Why MS just doesn't stop the update, post a message saying something like "X is not in Y place" do you want to continue?
is beyond me.
In my experience the users who have the least issues with Windows are the ones
who update regularly and don't screw with things under the covers.

I update regularly and will be the first to admit that I've had the
process unexpectedly brick my computer. I remember it happening once
while I was at work and only minutes away from teaching a class. The
computer worked fine, I updated and then I couldn't get it to boot
again. I had no choice but to reinstall because the repair features
Windows offers were/are completely useless. Of course, Linux's are often useless to.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote at 18:26 this Monday (GMT):

On 2025-12-22 10:25 a.m., vallor wrote:

At Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:56:38 -0500, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-12-22 3:22 a.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

Caches are supposed to speed up access to frequently-used data. They
are also supposed to be self-managing, automatically purging old,
stale content that hasn’t been accessed in a while. Yet here we are, >>>> with any number of articles advising you how to manually clear your
Windows cache, because if you let it accumulate, it will lead to worse >>>> instead of better performance, needless consumption of storage space,
and also deterioration of system reliability. (As if Dimdows was that
reliable to begin with ...)

Do you think Microsoft’s engineers should be given copies of a basic >>>> Comp Sci text that explains how caches are supposed to work?

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-clear-windows-11-pc-cache/>
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4053360/how-to-clear-the-cache-of-my-installed-apps-in-win/>
<https://www.howtogeek.com/679171/how-to-clear-your-cache-in-windows-10/> >>>> <https://www.reddit.com/r/techtalktutorials/comments/1movwow/how_to_clear_cache_in_windows_11_stepbystep_pc/>

Honestly, this is a great point. Most of the problems I've fixed for
co-workers is due to cache and the operating system breaking itself
(fixed with SFC and DISM). It's quite uncanny that such things still
happen in 2025 with a modern operating system like Microsoft's.

I agree with you.

I don't agree with your clock, though... ;)

You shouldn't. I went into a Linux environment for a moment to transfer files from a hard disk connected to an HDHomeRun device (a
network-connected device which enables one to share an over-the-air
signal throughout the house). Since the HD is formatted as XFS, I had to
use a Linux Mint test environment to edtract the files and bring them
over to another portable hard disk. Unfortunately, the Linux Mint USB
key always uses the GMT time zone and then screws up the time when I
return to Windows.

Actually, I believe Linux will /always/ set the internal clock to the
UTC time, regardless of how the timezone is set. Windows, on the other
hand, assumes its the local time and offsets accordingly. Of course,
loading into Linux from Windows doesn't screw up the time...
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

At Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:20:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote at 18:26 this Monday (GMT):

On 2025-12-22 10:25 a.m., vallor wrote:

At Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:56:38 -0500, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge>
wrote:

On 2025-12-22 3:22 a.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

Caches are supposed to speed up access to frequently-used data.
They are also supposed to be self-managing, automatically
purging old, stale content that hasn’t been accessed in a while.
Yet here we are, with any number of articles advising you how to
manually clear your Windows cache, because if you let it
accumulate, it will lead to worse instead of better performance,
needless consumption of storage space, and also deterioration of
system reliability. (As if Dimdows was that reliable to begin
with ...)

Do you think Microsoft’s engineers should be given copies of a
basic Comp Sci text that explains how caches are supposed to
work?

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-clear-windows-11-pc-cache/>
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4053360/how-to-clear-the-cache-of-my-installed-apps-in-win/>
<https://www.howtogeek.com/679171/how-to-clear-your-cache-in-windows-10/>
<https://www.reddit.com/r/techtalktutorials/comments/1movwow/how_to_clear_cache_in_windows_11_stepbystep_pc/>

Honestly, this is a great point. Most of the problems I've fixed
for co-workers is due to cache and the operating system breaking
itself (fixed with SFC and DISM). It's quite uncanny that such
things still happen in 2025 with a modern operating system like
Microsoft's.

I agree with you.

I don't agree with your clock, though... ;)

You shouldn't. I went into a Linux environment for a moment to
transfer files from a hard disk connected to an HDHomeRun device (a network-connected device which enables one to share an over-the-air
signal throughout the house). Since the HD is formatted as XFS, I
had to use a Linux Mint test environment to edtract the files and
bring them over to another portable hard disk. Unfortunately, the
Linux Mint USB key always uses the GMT time zone and then screws up
the time when I return to Windows.

Actually, I believe Linux will /always/ set the internal clock to the
UTC time, regardless of how the timezone is set. Windows, on the other
hand, assumes its the local time and offsets accordingly. Of course,
loading into Linux from Windows doesn't screw up the time...

Windows can be set to use UTC on the hardware clock.

Had a chat with my friend, a Linux instructor at the local
college, where I surprised him with the knowledge that Windows
_still_, by default, uses local time for the hardware clock.
We agreed it's gotta be something from DOS days, and it's fairly
stupid.
--
-v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 Mem: 258G
OS: Linux 6.18.2 D: Mint 22.2 DE: Xfce 4.18 (X11)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090Ti (24G) (580.105.08)
"Who needs Valium when you have a cat you can pet?"
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:42:12 +0000, vallor wrote:

Had a chat with my friend, a Linux instructor at the local
college,

A (GNU/)Linux instructor? What brand of GNU/Linux does he
instruct? RedHat Linux? Ubuntu Linux? Certainly it is
some form of Systemd/Wayland Linux which is not GNU/Linux
but only a particular configuration of GNU/Linux. His college
should terminate that incompetent phony.

--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

At Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:09:50 +0000, Diego Garcia <dg@chaos.rocks> wrote:

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:42:12 +0000, vallor wrote:

Had a chat with my friend, a Linux instructor at the local
college,

A (GNU/)Linux instructor? What brand of GNU/Linux does he
instruct? RedHat Linux? Ubuntu Linux? Certainly it is
some form of Systemd/Wayland Linux which is not GNU/Linux
but only a particular configuration of GNU/Linux. His college
should terminate that incompetent phony.

Um...what?

(The gist of your rant is that you are jealous about...something?)
--
-v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 Mem: 258G
OS: Linux 6.18.2 D: Mint 22.2 DE: Xfce 4.18 (X11)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090Ti (24G) (580.105.08)
"In /dev/null no one can hear you scream..."
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On 12/24/25 11:44 AM, vallor wrote:

At Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:09:50 +0000, Diego Garcia <dg@chaos.rocks> wrote:

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:42:12 +0000, vallor wrote:

Had a chat with my friend, a Linux instructor at the local
college,

A (GNU/)Linux instructor? What brand of GNU/Linux does he
instruct? RedHat Linux? Ubuntu Linux? Certainly it is
some form of Systemd/Wayland Linux which is not GNU/Linux
but only a particular configuration of GNU/Linux. His college
should terminate that incompetent phony.

Um...what?

(The gist of your rant is that you are jealous about...something?)

Larry is so obsessed with purity in his system that he forgoes
components that would make it competitive with Windows. It's why
there's nothing so bad about distros. But he insists that his way is
not only better but right, when it's neither.
--
Joel W. Crump
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:44:39 +0000, vallor wrote:

(The gist of your rant is that you are jealous about...something?)

No. The gist of my [brilliant comment] is that there can be no such
thing as a "Linux instructor."

There is no standard GNU/Linux and hopefully there never will be.

There are currently attempts to establish a GNU/Linux "certification"
in the same manner as Microsoft certification, but, again, this is totally meaningless. This only translates into "RedHat certification" or
"Ubuntu certification." In general, no GNU/Linux certification is
possible.

For example, could a "graduate" of that aforementioned college course
be able to use MY customized GNU/Linux distro? Fuck no! They would
not know where to begin because MY distro deviates in many ways from
the mainstream distros, but it is just as, and even more, functional
as any other distro.

(Yes, I have created my own GNU/Linux distro. You could never do the
same.)

In conclusion, the whole idea of a GNU/Linux "instructor" is a stupid
joke. Call it "RedHat Linux" or call it "Ubuntu Linux" but don't dare
call it "just plain Linux" because there is no such fucking thing.

So shut the fuck up. Idiot.

--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

At Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:54:38 -0500, "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

On 12/24/25 11:44 AM, vallor wrote:

At Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:09:50 +0000, Diego Garcia <dg@chaos.rocks> wrote:

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:42:12 +0000, vallor wrote:

Had a chat with my friend, a Linux instructor at the local
college,

A (GNU/)Linux instructor? What brand of GNU/Linux does he
instruct? RedHat Linux? Ubuntu Linux? Certainly it is
some form of Systemd/Wayland Linux which is not GNU/Linux
but only a particular configuration of GNU/Linux. His college
should terminate that incompetent phony.

Um...what?

(The gist of your rant is that you are jealous about...something?)

Larry is so obsessed with purity in his system that he forgoes
components that would make it competitive with Windows. It's why
there's nothing so bad about distros. But he insists that his way is
not only better but right, when it's neither.

Uh, thanks for the clarification...

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. Larry crosses
the line and thinks he's scored a "touchdown".

So...yay?
--
-v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 Mem: 258G
OS: Linux 6.18.2 D: Mint 22.2 DE: Xfce 4.18 (X11)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090Ti (24G) (580.105.08)
"Why does ravel and unravel mean the same thing?"
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On 12/24/25 12:15 PM, vallor wrote:

At Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:54:38 -0500, "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

On 12/24/25 11:44 AM, vallor wrote:

At Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:09:50 +0000, Diego Garcia <dg@chaos.rocks> wrote: >>>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:42:12 +0000, vallor wrote:

Had a chat with my friend, a Linux instructor at the local
college,

A (GNU/)Linux instructor? What brand of GNU/Linux does he
instruct? RedHat Linux? Ubuntu Linux? Certainly it is
some form of Systemd/Wayland Linux which is not GNU/Linux
but only a particular configuration of GNU/Linux. His college
should terminate that incompetent phony.

Um...what?

(The gist of your rant is that you are jealous about...something?)

Larry is so obsessed with purity in his system that he forgoes
components that would make it competitive with Windows. It's why
there's nothing so bad about distros. But he insists that his way is
not only better but right, when it's neither.

Uh, thanks for the clarification...

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. Larry crosses
the line and thinks he's scored a "touchdown".

So...yay?

My Debian setup proves that hardware is irrelevant, as I have a
four-thread CPU with 16 GB RAM, it handles a standard Linux distro just
fine. Larry believes his oddball hardware is somehow better, and his
bizarre software configuration is something usable by anyone, it's truly
out of this world. He admits using Windows on another machine, no doubt
for such a basic thing as Web browsing. He's an idiot, and bonkers.
--
Joel W. Crump
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

At Wed, 24 Dec 2025 17:12:16 +0000, Diego Garcia <dg@chaos.rocks> wrote:

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:44:39 +0000, vallor wrote:

(The gist of your rant is that you are jealous about...something?)

No.

If you didn't mean to imply jealousy, perhaps you should learn
charity in your discourse.

In general, no GNU/Linux certification is possible.

"The CompTIA Linux+ certification is a vendor-neutral credential that
validates the competencies required of an early career system
administrator supporting Linux systems. It covers essential tasks such
as Linux command line, basic maintenance, installing and configuring workstations, and networking. Earning this certification demonstrates a thorough understanding of system architecture, GNU and Unix commands,
security, and file systems. It is ideal for IT professionals seeking to solidify and showcase their Linux operating system skills."

Just because you don't have the imagination to imagine a
vendor-neutral Linux certification doesn't mean it can't
be done by professionals.

But I'm sure you knew all that -- that's what I like about
you: your attention to detail.
--
-v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 Mem: 258G
OS: Linux 6.18.2 D: Mint 22.2 DE: Xfce 4.18 (X11)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090Ti (24G) (580.105.08)
"Patience is a virtue, it's just not one of my better virtues"
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On 2025-12-24, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> wrote:

At Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:09:50 +0000, Diego Garcia <dg@chaos.rocks> wrote:

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:42:12 +0000, vallor wrote:

Had a chat with my friend, a Linux instructor at the local
college,

A (GNU/)Linux instructor? What brand of GNU/Linux does he
instruct? RedHat Linux? Ubuntu Linux? Certainly it is
some form of Systemd/Wayland Linux which is not GNU/Linux
but only a particular configuration of GNU/Linux. His college
should terminate that incompetent phony.

Um...what?

(The gist of your rant is that you are jealous about...something?)

Starting with the basics, he's probably jealous because you actually have
a friend.

Unlike him.

The list will grow from that point onward.
--
pothead

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views,
but then are shocked and offended to discover that there
are other views.

William F. Buckley, Jr.
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 17:27:38 +0000, vallor wrote:

basic maintenance, installing and configuring
workstations, and networking. Earning this certification demonstrates a thorough understanding of system architecture,

There are many, fundamentally different, ways to accomplish
those tasks. Do they mean the "systemd way" or any of the
other ways?

The same can be said for "system architecture."

But certification is only of interest to business users
of GNU/Linux and that means RedHat or Ubuntu. To them,
everything else is non-existent.

In contrast, an academic program of GNU/Linux should not be
oriented toward for-profit business usage but rather should be
focused on the fundamentals and this is a very broad area
and likely far too broad for any practical college curriculum.

--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:20:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

Actually, I believe Linux will /always/ set the internal clock to
the UTC time, regardless of how the timezone is set. Windows, on the
other hand, assumes its the local time and offsets accordingly. Of
course, loading into Linux from Windows doesn't screw up the time...

Sounds like it is Windows getting screwed up.

System time in UTC is the only convention that makes sense. Convert
time to some suitable local time zone before displaying it to the
user, by all means. But don’t assume that all the users on a
particular system are in the same time zone.
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On 2025-12-24 9:20 a.m., candycanearter07 wrote:

CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote at 18:26 this Monday (GMT):

On 2025-12-22 10:25 a.m., vallor wrote:

At Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:56:38 -0500, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote: >>>

On 2025-12-22 3:22 a.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

Caches are supposed to speed up access to frequently-used data. They >>>>> are also supposed to be self-managing, automatically purging old,
stale content that hasn’t been accessed in a while. Yet here we are, >>>>> with any number of articles advising you how to manually clear your
Windows cache, because if you let it accumulate, it will lead to worse >>>>> instead of better performance, needless consumption of storage space, >>>>> and also deterioration of system reliability. (As if Dimdows was that >>>>> reliable to begin with ...)

Do you think Microsoft’s engineers should be given copies of a basic >>>>> Comp Sci text that explains how caches are supposed to work?

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-clear-windows-11-pc-cache/>
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4053360/how-to-clear-the-cache-of-my-installed-apps-in-win/>
<https://www.howtogeek.com/679171/how-to-clear-your-cache-in-windows-10/> >>>>> <https://www.reddit.com/r/techtalktutorials/comments/1movwow/how_to_clear_cache_in_windows_11_stepbystep_pc/>

Honestly, this is a great point. Most of the problems I've fixed for
co-workers is due to cache and the operating system breaking itself
(fixed with SFC and DISM). It's quite uncanny that such things still
happen in 2025 with a modern operating system like Microsoft's.

I agree with you.

I don't agree with your clock, though... ;)

You shouldn't. I went into a Linux environment for a moment to transfer
files from a hard disk connected to an HDHomeRun device (a
network-connected device which enables one to share an over-the-air
signal throughout the house). Since the HD is formatted as XFS, I had to
use a Linux Mint test environment to edtract the files and bring them
over to another portable hard disk. Unfortunately, the Linux Mint USB
key always uses the GMT time zone and then screws up the time when I
return to Windows.

Actually, I believe Linux will /always/ set the internal clock to the
UTC time, regardless of how the timezone is set. Windows, on the other
hand, assumes its the local time and offsets accordingly. Of course,
loading into Linux from Windows doesn't screw up the time...

I don't see how Linux's approach is superior. Why would anyone living in
EST want their clock set to UTC?
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On 2025-12-24 10:42 a.m., vallor wrote:

At Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:20:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote at 18:26 this Monday (GMT):

On 2025-12-22 10:25 a.m., vallor wrote:

At Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:56:38 -0500, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge>
wrote:

On 2025-12-22 3:22 a.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

Caches are supposed to speed up access to frequently-used data.
They are also supposed to be self-managing, automatically
purging old, stale content that hasn’t been accessed in a while. >>>>>> Yet here we are, with any number of articles advising you how to
manually clear your Windows cache, because if you let it
accumulate, it will lead to worse instead of better performance,
needless consumption of storage space, and also deterioration of
system reliability. (As if Dimdows was that reliable to begin
with ...)

Do you think Microsoft’s engineers should be given copies of a
basic Comp Sci text that explains how caches are supposed to
work?

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-clear-windows-11-pc-cache/>
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4053360/how-to-clear-the-cache-of-my-installed-apps-in-win/>
<https://www.howtogeek.com/679171/how-to-clear-your-cache-in-windows-10/>
<https://www.reddit.com/r/techtalktutorials/comments/1movwow/how_to_clear_cache_in_windows_11_stepbystep_pc/>

Honestly, this is a great point. Most of the problems I've fixed
for co-workers is due to cache and the operating system breaking
itself (fixed with SFC and DISM). It's quite uncanny that such
things still happen in 2025 with a modern operating system like
Microsoft's.

I agree with you.

I don't agree with your clock, though... ;)

You shouldn't. I went into a Linux environment for a moment to
transfer files from a hard disk connected to an HDHomeRun device (a
network-connected device which enables one to share an over-the-air
signal throughout the house). Since the HD is formatted as XFS, I
had to use a Linux Mint test environment to edtract the files and
bring them over to another portable hard disk. Unfortunately, the
Linux Mint USB key always uses the GMT time zone and then screws up
the time when I return to Windows.

Actually, I believe Linux will /always/ set the internal clock to the
UTC time, regardless of how the timezone is set. Windows, on the other
hand, assumes its the local time and offsets accordingly. Of course,
loading into Linux from Windows doesn't screw up the time...

Windows can be set to use UTC on the hardware clock.

Had a chat with my friend, a Linux instructor at the local
college, where I surprised him with the knowledge that Windows
_still_, by default, uses local time for the hardware clock.
We agreed it's gotta be something from DOS days, and it's fairly
stupid.

Again, what would be the advantage of having your hardware set to UTC?
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On 2025-12-24 2:04 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:20:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

Actually, I believe Linux will /always/ set the internal clock to
the UTC time, regardless of how the timezone is set. Windows, on the
other hand, assumes its the local time and offsets accordingly. Of
course, loading into Linux from Windows doesn't screw up the time...

Sounds like it is Windows getting screwed up.

System time in UTC is the only convention that makes sense. Convert
time to some suitable local time zone before displaying it to the
user, by all means. But don’t assume that all the users on a
particular system are in the same time zone.

Why wouldn't all the users of a system located in one time zone also be
in that same time zone?
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On Dec 24, 2025 at 12:04:52 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote <10ihdgk$1aaqu$6@dont-email.me>:

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:20:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

Actually, I believe Linux will /always/ set the internal clock to
the UTC time, regardless of how the timezone is set. Windows, on the
other hand, assumes its the local time and offsets accordingly. Of
course, loading into Linux from Windows doesn't screw up the time...

Sounds like it is Windows getting screwed up.

System time in UTC is the only convention that makes sense. Convert
time to some suitable local time zone before displaying it to the
user, by all means. But don’t assume that all the users on a
particular system are in the same time zone.

I do not know if modern Windows still does this, but in the past Windows used to rewrite the hardware time to local... which was a bit of madness if you
dual booted.
--
It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

On 12/24/25 11:24 PM, Brock McNuggets wrote:

On Dec 24, 2025 at 12:04:52 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote <10ihdgk$1aaqu$6@dont-email.me>:

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:20:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

Actually, I believe Linux will /always/ set the internal clock to
the UTC time, regardless of how the timezone is set. Windows, on the
other hand, assumes its the local time and offsets accordingly. Of
course, loading into Linux from Windows doesn't screw up the time...

Sounds like it is Windows getting screwed up.

System time in UTC is the only convention that makes sense. Convert
time to some suitable local time zone before displaying it to the
user, by all means. But don’t assume that all the users on a
particular system are in the same time zone.

I do not know if modern Windows still does this, but in the past Windows used to rewrite the hardware time to local... which was a bit of madness if you dual booted.

There's an argument to be made that Windows is the product of a Satanic entity, but it would end up applying to any proprietary system including
Macs. At the end of the day, it misses the simple fact that people
benefit from the proprietary commercial OSes' existence, because using
Linux isn't as perfect a solution as people like me want to promote it
to be. In the real world, there's room for all three platforms,
ultimately, because people will choose what is best for themselves, and
people like me don't create a pattern that can be emulated by a large
enough sector of the market, Microsoft has the big numbers there, and
Apple has the ones who are seeking their wavelength, so to speak, of gear/software.
--
Joel W. Crump
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2