Re: [GTALUG] ot: sort of, is it really impossible to get real cable anymore?

2023-11-28 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi, If I could get the digital box, without having to use a modem, I would likely be fine, because the digital box would tap into the existing blanket internet wireless wise would it not? In fact that was my landlord's idea adding an extra receiver to his account, for which I would pay the

Re: [GTALUG] ot: sort of, is it really impossible to get real cable anymore?

2023-11-28 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 08:09:47PM -0500, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > Hi folks, > before simply saying you avoid television, Part of what I do professionally > means accessing a great deal, news channels and other things for example. > And for me, the, I will just watch it on my computer is

[GTALUG] ot: sort of, is it really impossible to get real cable anymore?

2023-11-28 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi folks, before simply saying you avoid television, Part of what I do professionally means accessing a great deal, news channels and other things for example. And for me, the, I will just watch it on my computer is a nailed shut door. This entire property is Bell fibe saturated which while

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Unicorns

2023-11-28 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 3:51 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | Old Unicorns came from different times. 25 years ago, it wasn't obvious that > Linux would be where it is (and isn't). > | > | Speak for yourself.  > | > | I was kinda certain that Linux would overtake Unix early in its life;

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Unicorns

2023-11-28 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 3:51 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > There is room for innovation in infrastructure but it is hard to become a > unicorn there since the area is mostly occupied by giants: > Almost by definition, infrastructure cannot and should not be a place for disruptive

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Unicorns

2023-11-28 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: Evan Leibovitch via talk | On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 12:19 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < | talk@gtalug.org> wrote: | | It seems to me that Linux has won and been commoditized on the server side. | > No high-level discussion needs to address this. Several distros are good | > enough

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Unicorns

2023-11-28 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 12:19 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: It seems to me that Linux has won and been commoditized on the server side. > No high-level discussion needs to address this. Several distros are good > enough and almost interchangeable in abilities. >