our old friend Marek Novotny has requested that I'd say "hi" to the
people he knew while he was a Usenet resident.
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Greetings everyone,
As the title of this thread says, our old friend Marek Novotny has
requested that I'd say "hi" to the people he knew while he was a Usenet resident. Given that he was mostly active in alt.os.linux.ubuntu, I am posting this here. ;)
Marek is not monitoring Usenet anymore, and he's also not even using GNU/Linux anymore. He got himself an off-the-shelf laptop with
MS-Windows and he's now primarily studying languages — the spoken kind,
not programming languages; he has left that world behind him, although
he does say that he misses it, and that he also misses the people here
whom he had befriended.
Anyway, just thought I'd pass on the message, in case any of the people
from back in those days are still monitoring the group — I myself
haven't seen any of them post in a very long time anymore either, so I
don't know whether they're still lurking or whether they too have moved
on toward greener pastures.
Cheers! :)
Aragorn wrote:
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Why in q-p?
Greetings everyone,
As the title of this thread says, our old friend Marek Novotny has
requested that I'd say "hi" to the people he knew while he was a Usenet resident. Given that he was mostly active in alt.os.linux.ubuntu, I am posting this here. ;)
Marek is not monitoring Usenet anymore, and he's also not even using GNU/Linux anymore. He got himself an off-the-shelf laptop with
MS-Windows and he's now primarily studying languages — the spoken kind,
not programming languages; he has left that world behind him, although
he does say that he misses it, and that he also misses the people here
whom he had befriended.
Anyway, just thought I'd pass on the message, in case any of the people
from back in those days are still monitoring the group — I myself
haven't seen any of them post in a very long time anymore either, so I
don't know whether they're still lurking or whether they too have moved
on toward greener pastures.
Cheers! :)
Aha. Claws default is 7bit ascii; if you put in an em-dash, it is going
to have to deal w/ that somehow.
Aragorn wrote:
our old friend Marek Novotny has requested that I'd say "hi" to the
people he knew while he was a Usenet resident.
Interesting. Tnx.
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Why in q-p?
Mike Easter wrote:
Aha. Claws default is 7bit ascii; if you put in an em-dash, it is
going to have to deal w/ that somehow.
Actually claws default charset is 'auto' which it uses ascii unless
it needs something else, which alternately could be utf-8 but utf-8
won't do an em-dash w/o 'extras' so it uses q-p.
W dniu 20.12.2022 o 08:50, Aragorn pisze:
Greetings everyone,
As the title of this thread says, our old friend Marek Novotny has requested that I'd say "hi" to the people he knew while he was aWhew! This means Marek is alive! I remember you posted here, that he
Usenet resident. Given that he was mostly active in
alt.os.linux.ubuntu, I am posting this here. ;)
is dead (having lost the war with Usenet trolls)! So happy it isn’t
so!
Aragorn wrote:
Greetings everyone,
As the title of this thread says, our old friend Marek Novotny has requested that I'd say "hi" to the people he knew while he was a
Usenet resident. Given that he was mostly active in
alt.os.linux.ubuntu, I am posting this here. ;)
Marek is not monitoring Usenet anymore, and he's also not even using GNU/Linux anymore. He got himself an off-the-shelf laptop with
MS-Windows and he's now primarily studying languages — the spoken
kind, not programming languages; he has left that world behind him, although he does say that he misses it, and that he also misses the
people here whom he had befriended.
Anyway, just thought I'd pass on the message, in case any of the
people from back in those days are still monitoring the group — I
myself haven't seen any of them post in a very long time anymore
either, so I don't know whether they're still lurking or whether
they too have moved on toward greener pastures.
Cheers! :)
Say Hi and Merry Christmas.
Snip
I use KMail for email, but I use Claws Mail for Usenet. I would have preferred Pan, but Pan appears to be very unstable in Manjaro — it's a package we pull in directly from Arch. I've tried building it from
(Arch's) sources on my own computer, but the result was the same; it
crashes upon downloading the headers when freshly subscribing to a
newsgroup.
Snip
Yes, he's alive and well — and in good health, albeit still on
medication to stop him from developing a new embolism — but he's living
a very different life now.
Thunderbird is a horrible newsreader — it doesn't even recognize crossposts, and its filtering abilities are ridiculously inadequate for Usenet.
Aragorn wrote:
Thunderbird is a horrible newsreader — it doesn't even recognize
crossposts, and its filtering abilities are ridiculously inadequate for
Usenet.
Those are very true and very big deficiencies for a newsreader which is
all I use Tb for.
However, Claws won't compose/send in format=flowed and won't
reformat/rewrap, both of which I consider my preferences for usenet.
Claws will only 'respect' format=flowed (not create) which isn't enough
for me. Claws also has a problem about how it does quotes. A single
quote character should be followed by a space, but 'nested' or stacked
quotes should not have 'extra' spaces like that.
So, I'm stuck w/ Tb deficiencies because I won't accept such as Claws deficiencies; it is a matter of 'choice'. Tb is also 'bloated' because
of its policy of considering itself an html composer/renderer email
agent which marries it to that moz engine.
Bit Twister wrote:
Hehe, I use slrn as my Usenet client.
https://slrn.info/links.html
You can set SLRN_EDITOR=editor_of_your_choice_here
and when you post/reply you will be in the editor of choice.
Long ago I considered messing around w/ slrn, back when Andrew had slrn
pages on his 'little corner of the web' which has since been brought
into Ub Help.
I can't think of any text editors including those in mail/news agents
which can easily reformat w/o 'building' some kind of regex or algo or
macro to do it. Tb's isn't 'perfect' but it is pretty good.
Hehe, I use slrn as my Usenet client.
https://slrn.info/links.html
You can set SLRN_EDITOR=editor_of_your_choice_here
and when you post/reply you will be in the editor of choice.
Greetings everyone,<snip>
As the title of this thread says, our old friend Marek Novotny has
requested that I'd say "hi" to the people he knew while he was a Usenet
Marek is not monitoring Usenet anymore, and he's also not even using GNU/Linux anymore. He got himself an off-the-shelf laptop with<snip>
MS-Windows
On Tue, 20 Dec 2022 17:36:25 +0100, Aragorn wrote:
I use KMail for email, but I use Claws Mail for Usenet. I would
have preferred Pan, but Pan appears to be very unstable in Manjaro
— it's a package we pull in directly from Arch. I've tried
building it from (Arch's) sources on my own computer, but the
result was the same; it crashes upon downloading the headers when
freshly subscribing to a newsgroup.
Just curious what version of Pan you tried out. I'm using Pan 0.145
on LMDE 5 and it is pretty solid so far, no crashes, no loading or
posting issues. I cannot say the same for Pan 0.146, that is pretty
buggy, one of the biggest issues with it is I cannot post to a
newsgroup either a followup or new post. So I've locked my system to
stay on Pan 0.145.
Aragorn wrote:
Thunderbird is a horrible newsreader — it doesn't even recognize crossposts, and its filtering abilities are ridiculously inadequate
for Usenet.
Those are very true and very big deficiencies for a newsreader which
is all I use Tb for.
However, Claws won't compose/send in format=flowed and won't reformat/rewrap, both of which I consider my preferences for usenet.
Claws will only 'respect' format=flowed (not create) which isn't
enough for me. Claws also has a problem about how it does quotes. A
single quote character should be followed by a space, but 'nested' or
stacked quotes should not have 'extra' spaces like that.
So, I'm stuck w/ Tb deficiencies because I won't accept such as Claws deficiencies; it is a matter of 'choice'. Tb is also 'bloated'
because of its policy of considering itself an html composer/renderer
email agent which marries it to that moz engine.
Back to your topic; does Marek participate in any 'online' activities (blogs, forums) related to his interest in languages?
On 20/12/2022 16:45, Aragorn wrote:
Yes, he's alive and well — and in good health, albeit still onThere is normally no permanent treatment for mental illness but if
medication to stop him from developing a new embolism — but he's
living a very different life now.
you say he is in good health then so be it.
On 12/19/22 23:50, Aragorn wrote:
Greetings everyone,
As the title of this thread says, our old friend Marek Novotny has requested that I'd say "hi" to the people he knew while he was a
Usenet
Good to know Marek is ok. Hope he's doing well.
And I don't mean to hijack the thread but I hope Cybe R. Wizard is
still around somewhere. Haven't heard from him for a long long while
either, just seemed to vanish too.
Marek is not monitoring Usenet anymore, and he's also not even using GNU/Linux anymore. He got himself an off-the-shelf laptop with
MS-Windows
I mean... I get not wanting to be on Usenet anymore, but not using
Linux? No excuse for that. And Windows now! Only adds insult to
injury. :-)
Greetings everyone,
As the title of this thread says, our old friend Marek Novotny has
requested that I'd say "hi" to the people he knew while he was a Usenet resident. Given that he was mostly active in alt.os.linux.ubuntu, I am posting this here. ;)
Marek is not monitoring Usenet anymore, and he's also not even using GNU/Linux anymore. He got himself an off-the-shelf laptop with
MS-Windows and he's now primarily studying languages — the spoken kind,
not programming languages; he has left that world behind him, although
he does say that he misses it, and that he also misses the people here
whom he had befriended.
Anyway, just thought I'd pass on the message, in case any of the people
from back in those days are still monitoring the group — I myself
haven't seen any of them post in a very long time anymore either, so I
don't know whether they're still lurking or whether they too have moved
on toward greener pastures.
Cheers! :)
On 20.12.2022 at 19:08, stepore scribbled:
On 12/19/22 23:50, Aragorn wrote:
Greetings everyone,
As the title of this thread says, our old friend Marek Novotny has
requested that I'd say "hi" to the people he knew while he was a
Usenet
Good to know Marek is ok. Hope he's doing well.
He is, yes, but he's living a very different life now. ;)
And I don't mean to hijack the thread but I hope Cybe R. Wizard is
still around somewhere. Haven't heard from him for a long long while
either, just seemed to vanish too.
I haven't seen the Wiz in a long time anymore either, or for that
matter, Wildman, who rewrote one of Marek's scripts in Python, I think.
I was thinking about all of this just the other day.
Marek is not monitoring Usenet anymore, and he's also not even using
GNU/Linux anymore. He got himself an off-the-shelf laptop with
MS-Windows
I mean... I get not wanting to be on Usenet anymore, but not using
Linux? No excuse for that. And Windows now! Only adds insult to
injury. :-)
I told him that too. I mean, Windows? How low can you go? :p :p
Greetings everyone,
As the title of this thread says, our old friend Marek Novotny has
requested that I'd say "hi" to the people he knew while he was a Usenet resident. Given that he was mostly active in alt.os.linux.ubuntu, I am posting this here. ;)
Marek is not monitoring Usenet anymore, and he's also not even using GNU/Linux anymore. He got himself an off-the-shelf laptop with
MS-Windows and he's now primarily studying languages — the spoken kind,
not programming languages; he has left that world behind him, although
he does say that he misses it, and that he also misses the people here
whom he had befriended.
On Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:21:23 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:
Aragorn wrote:
Thunderbird is a horrible newsreader — it doesn't even recognize
crossposts, and its filtering abilities are ridiculously inadequate for
Usenet.
Those are very true and very big deficiencies for a newsreader which is
all I use Tb for.
However, Claws won't compose/send in format=flowed and won't
reformat/rewrap, both of which I consider my preferences for usenet.
Claws will only 'respect' format=flowed (not create) which isn't enough
for me. Claws also has a problem about how it does quotes. A single
quote character should be followed by a space, but 'nested' or stacked
quotes should not have 'extra' spaces like that.
So, I'm stuck w/ Tb deficiencies because I won't accept such as Claws
deficiencies; it is a matter of 'choice'. Tb is also 'bloated' because
of its policy of considering itself an html composer/renderer email
agent which marries it to that moz engine.
Hehe, I use slrn as my Usenet client.
https://slrn.info/links.html
You can set SLRN_EDITOR=editor_of_your_choice_here
and when you post/reply you will be in the editor of choice.
Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> writes:
Greetings everyone,
As the title of this thread says, our old friend Marek Novotny has requested that I'd say "hi" to the people he knew while he was a
Usenet resident. Given that he was mostly active in
alt.os.linux.ubuntu, I am posting this here. ;)
Marek is not monitoring Usenet anymore, and he's also not even using GNU/Linux anymore. He got himself an off-the-shelf laptop with
MS-Windows and he's now primarily studying languages — the spoken
kind, not programming languages; he has left that world behind him, although he does say that he misses it, and that he also misses the
people here whom he had befriended.
Good to know he's still around and ok, although it makes me sad to
hear that he's using Windows. :-)
As the title of this thread says, our old friend Marek Novotny has
requested that I'd say "hi" to the people he knew while he was a
Usenet resident. Given that he was mostly active in
alt.os.linux.ubuntu, I am posting this here. ;)
Long ago I considered messing around w/ slrn, back when Andrew had
slrn pages on his 'little corner of the web' which has since been
brought into Ub Help.
On 2022-12-20, Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> wrote:
Long ago I considered messing around w/ slrn, back when Andrew had
slrn pages on his 'little corner of the web' which has since been
brought into Ub Help.
Every time I rewrite a section of that web site I wonder if I should
write some more slrn information but I have not done so yet. Partly
because Usenet has slowed down so much I guess.
Mind you I am retired now so I should make a final effort with slrn documentation...
Andrew
On 20.12.2022 at 08:17, Mike Easter scribbled:
Mike Easter wrote:
Aha. Claws default is 7bit ascii; if you put in an
em-dash, it is going to have to deal w/ that somehow.
Actually claws default charset is 'auto' which it uses
ascii unless it needs something else, which alternately
could be utf-8 but utf-8 won't do an em-dash w/o 'extras'
so it uses q-p.
I use UTF-8 everywhere. It's the 21st century, after all,
and I'm not an American. :p
Aragorn wrote:
Mike Easter scribbled:
Mike Easter wrote:
Aha. Claws default is 7bit ascii; if you put in an
em-dash, it is going to have to deal w/ that somehow.
Actually claws default charset is 'auto' which it uses
ascii unless it needs something else, which alternately
could be utf-8 but utf-8 won't do an em-dash w/o 'extras'
so it uses q-p.
I use UTF-8 everywhere. It's the 21st century, after all,
and I'm not an American. :p
I don't know how the 'Americans' here don't call you out on your elitism. I don't know if it's
the European in you, or your issues, probably a combination, but...
...joking or not...it's uncalled for.
Aragorn
I use UTF-8 everywhere. It's the 21st century, after all, and I'm
not an American. :p
I don't know how the 'Americans' here don't call you out on your
elitism. I don't know if it's the European in you, or your issues,
probably a combination, but...
...joking or not...it's uncalled for.
Xnews does not support UTF-8 (or any other character set encoding),
making it difficult or even impossible to use for reading or posting
articles in languages other than English.
Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> wrote in
news:20221220174017.1c088c34@nx-74205:
On 20.12.2022 at 08:17, Mike Easter scribbled:
Mike Easter wrote:
Aha. Claws default is 7bit ascii; if you put in an
em-dash, it is going to have to deal w/ that somehow.
Actually claws default charset is 'auto' which it uses
ascii unless it needs something else, which alternately
could be utf-8 but utf-8 won't do an em-dash w/o 'extras'
so it uses q-p.
I use UTF-8 everywhere. It's the 21st century, after all,
and I'm not an American. :p
I don't know how the 'Americans' here don't call you out on your
elitism.
I don't know if it's the European in you, or your issues,
probably a combination, but...
...joking or not...it's uncalled for.
On 26.12.2022 at 22:01, DanS scribbled:
Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> wrote in
news:20221220174017.1c088c34@nx-74205:
On 20.12.2022 at 08:17, Mike Easter scribbled:
Mike Easter wrote:
Aha. Claws default is 7bit ascii; if you put in an
em-dash, it is going to have to deal w/ that somehow.
Actually claws default charset is 'auto' which it uses
ascii unless it needs something else, which alternately
could be utf-8 but utf-8 won't do an em-dash w/o 'extras'
so it uses q-p.
I use UTF-8 everywhere. It's the 21st century, after all,
and I'm not an American. :p
I don't know how the 'Americans' here don't call you out on your
elitism.
I don't consider aligning myself with something the whole world has
agreed upon, accepted and adopted more than two decades ago as
any kind of elitism. As the matter of fact, I'd say that refusing to
adopt such globally accepted standards out of a misplaced sense of nationalism would be a lot closer to elitism. And arrogance.
Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> writes:
On 26.12.2022 at 22:01, DanS scribbled:
Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> wrote in
news:20221220174017.1c088c34@nx-74205:
On 20.12.2022 at 08:17, Mike Easter scribbled:
Mike Easter wrote:
Aha. Claws default is 7bit ascii; if you put in an
em-dash, it is going to have to deal w/ that somehow.
Actually claws default charset is 'auto' which it uses
ascii unless it needs something else, which alternately
could be utf-8 but utf-8 won't do an em-dash w/o 'extras'
so it uses q-p.
I use UTF-8 everywhere. It's the 21st century, after all,
and I'm not an American. :p
I don't know how the 'Americans' here don't call you out on your
elitism.
I don't consider aligning myself with something the whole world has
agreed upon, accepted and adopted more than two decades ago as
any kind of elitism. As the matter of fact, I'd say that refusing to
adopt such globally accepted standards out of a misplaced sense of
nationalism would be a lot closer to elitism. And arrogance.
I'm a USAian, and I don't have any problem with UTF-8.
(I don't like the term "American," because it assumes that only the US
is important out of all the countries in the Americas.)
Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> writes:
On 26.12.2022 at 22:01, DanS scribbled:
Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> wrote in
news:20221220174017.1c088c34@nx-74205:
I use UTF-8 everywhere. It's the 21st century, after all,
and I'm not an American. :p
I don't know how the 'Americans' here don't call you out on your
elitism.
I don't consider aligning myself with something the whole world has
agreed upon, accepted and adopted more than two decades ago as
any kind of elitism. As the matter of fact, I'd say that refusing to
adopt such globally accepted standards out of a misplaced sense of nationalism would be a lot closer to elitism. And arrogance.
I'm a USAian, and I don't have any problem with UTF-8.
(I don't like the term "American," because it assumes that only the US
is important out of all the countries in the Americas.)
(I don't like the term "American," because it assumes that only the US
is important out of all the countries in the Americas.)
On 01.01.2023 at 09:37, Bud Frede scribbled:
Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> writes:
On 26.12.2022 at 22:01, DanS scribbled:
0 before it.Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> wrote in
news:20221220174017.1c088c34@nx-74205:
Maybe we'll meet again — who knows? ;)
I know I cannot quit smoking, but I can at least cut it down somewhat —
as the matter of fact, I'm already doing that right now. I've also
stopped adding salt to my food — I used to overdo it in that
area — and I've also gone almost entirely sugar-free.
Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> writes:
I know I cannot quit smoking, but I can at least cut it down
somewhat — as the matter of fact, I'm already doing that right now.
I've also stopped adding salt to my food — I used to overdo it in
that area — and I've also gone almost entirely sugar-free.
I smoked for many years, but was finally able to quit about 15 years
ago. It's possible to quit, but you have to really want to quit and
keep at it. I tried quitting many times and then finally it worked.
I hope you get better and remain healthy!
I don't know if you'll see this since you're leaving Usenet...
It's possible to quit, but you have to really want to quit and keep
at it. I tried quitting many times and then finally it worked.
I think the nicotine relationship/craving is *just* one thing, and
the 'behavioral' habit is another. Smoking involves some ritualism,
some 'breaks', some social aspects that we are accustomed.
Depending on where and how you live today, smoking makes one a
pariah.
In my earlier days, 'all of us' smoked everywhere; airplanes,
offices, restaurants.
Nowadays we have communities and locations where it isn't even
'legal' to smoke outside. That would cramp one's smoking 'style'.
On 04.01.2023 at 14:55, Bud Frede scribbled:
Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> writes:
I know I cannot quit smoking, but I can at least cut it down
somewhat — as the matter of fact, I'm already doing that right now.
I've also stopped adding salt to my food — I used to overdo it in
that area — and I've also gone almost entirely sugar-free.
I smoked for many years, but was finally able to quit about 15 years
ago. It's possible to quit, but you have to really want to quit and
keep at it. I tried quitting many times and then finally it worked
I don't think I have the courage. I've tried quitting a couple of
times as well, but I just couldn't bear it. And, it's my only vice. I
don't drink and I've never done any drugs in my life — not even pot.
On 1/4/23 12:19, Aragorn wrote:
On 04.01.2023 at 14:55, Bud Frede scribbled:
Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> writes:
I know I cannot quit smoking, but I can at least cut it down
somewhat — as the matter of fact, I'm already doing that right now.
I've also stopped adding salt to my food — I used to overdo it in >>>> that area — and I've also gone almost entirely sugar-free.
I smoked for many years, but was finally able to quit about 15 years
ago. It's possible to quit, but you have to really want to quit and
keep at it. I tried quitting many times and then finally it worked
I don't think I have the courage. I've tried quitting a couple of
times as well, but I just couldn't bear it. And, it's my only vice. I
don't drink and I've never done any drugs in my life — not even pot.
Please Aragorn do your best to stop smoking. My roomie wha was about 75 died in July 2022. She has started when she was 14 yoa and
stopped about 45 or 50 years later. She was treated for Lung Cancer
and began to recover and had every hope of returning to work last
winter but in February she experienced an inability to find her
words. I hoped it was only a stroke but it turned out that the cancer
had metastasized to her brain. It was treated with radiation and we
hoped that she would get strong enough for chemotherapy but it was
not to be.
Please stop smoking.
On 04.01.2023 at 12:17, Mike Easter scribbled:
I think the nicotine relationship/craving is *just* one thing, and the
'behavioral' habit is another. Smoking involves some ritualism,
some 'breaks', some social aspects that we are accustomed.
Yes, that is very true.
Depending on where and how you live today, smoking makes one a pariah.
And that is most certainly true as well.
In my earlier days, 'all of us' smoked everywhere; airplanes, offices,
restaurants.
Yes, indeed. And even in places where you could not smoke, there would
be a designated smoking corner. But that's all gone nowadays.
Nowadays we have communities and locations where it isn't even 'legal'
to smoke outside. That would cramp one's smoking 'style'.
It's the same over here in Europe, if not worse.
Anyway, getting slightly back on-topic, this thread was about Marek
saying "hi", and even though those who knew Marek while he was here — myself included — were under the mistaken impression for a while that
Marek had passed away due to his embolism, he is alive and well.
The above paragraph then also nicely segues into something I said
earlier on this thread, because I too am now sharing Marek's
health-related fate, namely, I had a (mild) stroke on Boxing Day, and I
was in hospital from Tuesday the 27th until the evening of the 30th.
At the moment, I am "fully functional", but my left knee is very weak,
and my upper left arm is completely numb, as if it has been
anesthetized. This numbness extends upwards onto my left ear and the
rear part of my left cheek, as well as downward to below my left elbow.
My hands are functioning normally — I can obviously type with both
hands, and I can even still play the guitar — but while I was having the stroke, my whole left arm was numb and I couldn't move the fingers of my
left hand. It was like my left arm didn't belong to me anymore.
My neck was also numb, and I had a bad headache and a pain in my neck.
My cognitive functions were still fine, though.
According to my neurologist and cardiologist, the stroke was caused by excessive blood pressure and a too high cholesterol level. There's no
doubt on my mind that my unhealthy feeding habits — and the fact that
I'm an ardent smoker — will have been the primary cause, but there have
in the past couple of months also been some extremely traumatic events
in my personal life that have chased my blood pressure up very high and
that may as such have contributed to the release of thrombotic particles
into my blood stream, ultimately then culminating in this stroke.
Considering that I'm still well off compared to other people who've had
a stroke — things could have been much worse — I consider it a warning shot across my bow, and therefore I must drastically change my
lifestyle.
I know I cannot quit smoking, but I can at least cut it down somewhat —
as the matter of fact, I'm already doing that right now. I've also
stopped adding salt to my food — I used to overdo it in that area — and I've also gone almost entirely sugar-free.
Either way, as a result of the stroke and the very brief reoccurrence of animosity on this thread, I have now made my choice on account of my
earlier indecision regarding whether or not to leave Usenet, as I had
already touched upon earlier in this thread.
I don't like cutting ties, and I've been a steady Usenet denizen for
some 24 years now, but the times have changed, and too many of the
familiar faces have already long sought out greener pastures. So,
keeping my health in mind, and the fact that I can't cope very well with hostilities — I've never been good with that — I've decided that it's going to be better for my wellbeing if I leave Usenet behind me.
I'm not abandoning the GNU/Linux community, of course. First and
foremost, I will remain a big fan of the GNU/Linux operating system and
a big advocate of Free/Libre & Open Source Software until my dying day,
and I am still a moderator and active helper at the official Manjaro
support forum — until very recently I was also the Manjaro forum member with the highest number of accepted solutions behind their name, but I
have now been overtaken by one of the forum administrators — as well
that I'm also a mostly lurking but occasionally active member at the
official PCLinuxOS forum, both under the same identity as I'm using here
on Usenet.
(I haven't always been Aragorn on Usenet, though. In the years before
2003 I was posting under the name BeoWulf, with an uppercase "W" in the middle, but because people in real life started calling me Aragorn due
to what they perceived as a physical likeness between myself and Viggo Mortensen — if anyone here truly has been living under a rock, Viggo was the actor who played Aragorn in the "Lord of the Rings" movies — and because I was also dealing with a very malicious stalker in real life in those days, I switched my online identity to the one I have now.)
Anyway, if anyone wants to reach me after my departure from Usenet —
just to say "hi" or something — the email address next to my name does work. It's a simple email proxy — freely available from and at duckduckgo.com — that automatically redirects everything to my real
email address while stripping out the tracking code from the emails in
the process.
This leaves me to bid you all a very happy 2023, and I mean that,
because 2022 was a stinker of a year, as were 2021 and 2020 before it.
| Sysop: | Keyop |
|---|---|
| Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Users: | 546 |
| Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
| Uptime: | 02:02:20 |
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