Feast thine bloodshot, jaundiced eyeballs on my fantastic Linux
Lair.

Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.

Note: These images were captured with a 60 mm Nikon macro
lens and there is some depth of field problems. But otherwise
behold the splendor and eat your hearts out.

For the competent, check out:

alt.binaries.multimedia.transformation

For the lackeys, here is the temporary location:

https://ufile.io/f/uzdw7

Description:

Linux_Lair_0001

My main Xeon machine powered up. Note the cooling fan on the left
blowing large volumes of air across the entire set up. On the right
are the 2 spinning rust HDDs. No junk SSDs on my machine.

Underneath one can detect my Microslop Winblows machine. It is located
on the bottom tier because that's where it fucking belongs.

On the extreme left and out of focus is my new Xeon machine, still
unfinished.

Linux_Lair_0002

Here is the total view of the Microslop Winblows machine. It is seldom
powered up -- for damned good reason.

Linux_Lair_0003

Here is a bit of a close up of my main Xeon machine. The Nvidia
TU116 vid card is seen as well as the SoundBlaster RX sound card.
I have to lace down the sound card because there is no box.

Linux_Lair_0005

Here is the 2K monitor and keyboard for my main Xeon. Also seen are
my fantastic Bose speakers.

Out of sight on the right is another monitor and keyboard. I can operate
two machines at once if I need to.

Linux_Lair_0006

Here is my DIY microphone and power supply. The depth of field is
rather poor but the mic is the metal can at the right end of the
breadboard.

This DIY mic beats the fuck out of any commercial equivalent but,
unfortunately, the room acoustics are somewhat poor.

What you have witnessed if essentially a GNU/Linux workstation
powerhouse, running Gentoo, that can whip the ass of any other
distro.

--
Gentoo: The Fastest GNU/Linux Hands Down

On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:00:41 +0000, Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> wrote in
<181a03da127b916c$17153$2732928$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>:

> Feast thine bloodshot, jaundiced eyeballs on my fantastic Linux Lair.
>
> Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.
>
> Note: These images were captured with a 60 mm Nikon macro lens and there
> is some depth of field problems. But otherwise behold the splendor and
> eat your hearts out.
>
> For the competent, check out:
>
> alt.binaries.multimedia.transformation
>
> For the lackeys, here is the temporary location:
>
> https://ufile.io/f/uzdw7
>
> Description:
>
> Linux_Lair_0001
>
> My main Xeon machine powered up. Note the cooling fan on the left
> blowing large volumes of air across the entire set up. On the right are
> the 2 spinning rust HDDs. No junk SSDs on my machine.
>
> Underneath one can detect my Microslop Winblows machine. It is located
> on the bottom tier because that's where it fucking belongs.
>
> On the extreme left and out of focus is my new Xeon machine, still
> unfinished.
>
> Linux_Lair_0002
>
> Here is the total view of the Microslop Winblows machine. It is seldom
> powered up -- for damned good reason.
>
> Linux_Lair_0003
>
> Here is a bit of a close up of my main Xeon machine. The Nvidia TU116
> vid card is seen as well as the SoundBlaster RX sound card.
> I have to lace down the sound card because there is no box.
>
> Linux_Lair_0005
>
> Here is the 2K monitor and keyboard for my main Xeon. Also seen are my
> fantastic Bose speakers.
>
> Out of sight on the right is another monitor and keyboard. I can
> operate two machines at once if I need to.
>
> Linux_Lair_0006
>
> Here is my DIY microphone and power supply. The depth of field is
> rather poor but the mic is the metal can at the right end of the
> breadboard.
>
> This DIY mic beats the fuck out of any commercial equivalent but,
> unfortunately, the room acoustics are somewhat poor.
>
>
> What you have witnessed if essentially a GNU/Linux workstation
> powerhouse, running Gentoo, that can whip the ass of any other distro.

Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

Indeed, your posts seem very minimal, as if you just expected to
dump the jpegs into a news post program, and expected it to work.
Not even a Mime header, of which "1.0" is even required in the latest
RFC for a news article (though, there is still a lot of netnews software
that doesn't honor that...)

TL;DR: yenc or uuencode would be very much appreciated.

--
-v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti
OS: Linux 6.12.9 Release: Mint 21.3 Mem: 258G
"Read the dictionary backwards and look for secret messages."

On 12 Jan 2025 18:46:35 GMT, vallor wrote:

>
> Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
> doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.
>

It's OK now.

--
Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.

On 1/12/2025 1:00 PM, Farley Flud wrote about ancient history.

Intel? Xeon? Spinning hard drives? 2K monitors? Holes poked thru
walls for cables?

Is this Rube Goldberg-style collection of wires, fans and junk supposed
to be impressive?

Hilarious.

The alleged "power supply" and "microphone" look like something put
together by a 10 year old, 40 years ago. Hint: Room acoustics don't
matter with a real microphone.

Bose speakers? No highs, no lows: Must be Bose.

All together, a nice collection of moldy, dusty antiques you have there.
When you grow up and start earning some real money you might discover
21st century hardware. All of that shit is on a single chip these days.
No fans needed.

You really are a sad, pathetic little shit aren't you?

vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:

>Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
>doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:12:14 -0500, Nick Charles wrote:

>
> You really are a sad, pathetic little shit aren't you?
>

Nope. But you certainly are.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

--
Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.

On 1/12/25 2:29 PM, Joel wrote:
> vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>
>> Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
>> doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.
>
>
> He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!
>

Yeah, there's a lot (and not) going on in those pics.
Dust is pretty thick too.

But Feeb does admit that his new PC build still is languishing. And in
looking at this pile of (ahem) stuff, he's unwilling/unable to spend $50
IRL for a PC case.

-hh

On 2025-01-12 14:29, Joel wrote:
> vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>
>> Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
>> doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.
>
>
> He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

What's wrong with that? The Microsoft Natural back in the 90s was
probably the most comfortable keyboard I've ever used.

--
CrudeSausage
Gab: @CrudeSausage
Unapologetic paleoconservative

CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>On 2025-01-12 14:29, Joel wrote:
>> vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
>>> doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.
>>
>> He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!
>
>What's wrong with that? The Microsoft Natural back in the 90s was
>probably the most comfortable keyboard I've ever used.

Nothing is wrong with *yours* but he decries M$ software-wise,
bragging about pirating their stuff, then buys their peripherals?

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On 1/12/2025 2:29 PM, Joel wrote:
> vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>
>> Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
>> doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.
>
>
> He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
software, and money).

I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.

DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>On 1/12/2025 2:29 PM, Joel wrote:
>> vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
>>> doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.
>>
>> He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!
>
>Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
>software, and money).
>
>I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
>once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.

Mine is the Amazon Basics model.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On 1/12/2025 4:30 PM, Joel wrote:
> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>> On 1/12/2025 2:29 PM, Joel wrote:
>>> vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
>>>> doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.
>>>
>>> He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!
>>
>> Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
>> software, and money).
>>
>> I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
>> once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.
>
>
> Mine is the Amazon Basics model.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4

Once you get used to an ergonomic keyboard I imagine it's tough to go
back. I even took one to work to replace the office-supplied keyboard.

I put this combo on my Christmas list. Didn't get it.

https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Keyboard-Full-Sized-Ergonomic-Adjustable/dp/B0DG2THQ5V

DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>On 1/12/2025 4:30 PM, Joel wrote:
>> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>>> On 1/12/2025 2:29 PM, Joel wrote:
>>>> vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
>>>>> doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.
>>>>
>>>> He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!
>>>
>>> Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
>>> software, and money).
>>>
>>> I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
>>> once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.
>>
>> Mine is the Amazon Basics model.
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4
>
>Once you get used to an ergonomic keyboard I imagine it's tough to go
>back. I even took one to work to replace the office-supplied keyboard.
>
>I put this combo on my Christmas list. Didn't get it.
>
>https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Keyboard-Full-Sized-Ergonomic-Adjustable/dp/B0DG2THQ5V

I had an MS ergonomic keyboard once but ended up preferring a flat
basic one.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On 1/12/2025 1:00 PM, Filthy Farley Flud wrote:

> Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.

JHC! Every square mm is covered by a thick layer of GuhNoo grease and
dirt and hair.

https://imgur.com/a/T54JIqv

Gross.

No doubt there are dessicated bug carcasses laying on the floor in your
shack. Personal filth and laziness are sure signs of a mentally ill,
low quality person.

DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>On 1/12/2025 1:00 PM, Filthy Farley Flud wrote:
>
>> Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.
>
>JHC! Every square mm is covered by a thick layer of GuhNoo grease and
>dirt and hair.
>
>https://imgur.com/a/T54JIqv
>
>Gross.
>
>No doubt there are dessicated bug carcasses laying on the floor in your
>shack. Personal filth and laziness are sure signs of a mentally ill,
>low quality person.

Larry is a bigger weirdo than Jeff was.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On 1/12/25 12:00 PM, Farley Flud wrote:
> Feast thine bloodshot, jaundiced eyeballs on my fantastic Linux
> Lair.
>
> Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.
>
> Note: These images were captured with a 60 mm Nikon macro
> lens and there is some depth of field problems. But otherwise
> behold the splendor and eat your hearts out.
>
> For the competent, check out:
>
> alt.binaries.multimedia.transformation
>
> For the lackeys, here is the temporary location:
>
> https://ufile.io/f/uzdw7
>
> Description:
>
> Linux_Lair_0001
>
> My main Xeon machine powered up. Note the cooling fan on the left
> blowing large volumes of air across the entire set up. On the right
> are the 2 spinning rust HDDs. No junk SSDs on my machine.
>
> Underneath one can detect my Microslop Winblows machine. It is located
> on the bottom tier because that's where it fucking belongs.
>
> On the extreme left and out of focus is my new Xeon machine, still
> unfinished.
>
> Linux_Lair_0002
>
> Here is the total view of the Microslop Winblows machine. It is seldom
> powered up -- for damned good reason.
>
> Linux_Lair_0003
>
> Here is a bit of a close up of my main Xeon machine. The Nvidia
> TU116 vid card is seen as well as the SoundBlaster RX sound card.
> I have to lace down the sound card because there is no box.
>
> Linux_Lair_0005
>
> Here is the 2K monitor and keyboard for my main Xeon. Also seen are
> my fantastic Bose speakers.
>
> Out of sight on the right is another monitor and keyboard. I can operate
> two machines at once if I need to.
>
> Linux_Lair_0006
>
> Here is my DIY microphone and power supply. The depth of field is
> rather poor but the mic is the metal can at the right end of the
> breadboard.
>
> This DIY mic beats the fuck out of any commercial equivalent but,
> unfortunately, the room acoustics are somewhat poor.
>
>
> What you have witnessed if essentially a GNU/Linux workstation
> powerhouse, running Gentoo, that can whip the ass of any other
> distro.
>
>
>
>

One of the pics looks like a Kaczynski bomb.

On 1/12/25 3:30 PM, Joel wrote:
> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>> On 1/12/2025 2:29 PM, Joel wrote:
>>> vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
>>>> doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.
>>>
>>> He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!
>>
>> Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
>> software, and money).
>>
>> I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
>> once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.
>
>
> Mine is the Amazon Basics model.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4
>

Thought Microcenter was a Dallas thing. Didn't know they had a store in
rural Georgia where horses are afraid of men getting too close to them.

Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> wrote:

>Thought Microcenter was a Dallas thing. Didn't know they had a store in
>rural Georgia where horses are afraid of men getting too close to them.

I bought two computers from the Micro Center in my area in 2010, a
MacBook and then one as parts.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On 1/12/25 1:12 PM, Nick Charles wrote:
> On 1/12/2025 1:00 PM, Farley Flud wrote about ancient history.
>
> Intel?   Xeon?   Spinning hard drives?   2K monitors?  Holes poked thru
> walls for cables?
>
> Is this Rube Goldberg-style collection of wires, fans and junk supposed
> to be impressive?
>
> Hilarious.
>
> The alleged "power supply" and "microphone" look like something put
> together by a 10 year old, 40 years ago.  Hint: Room acoustics don't
> matter with a real microphone.
>
> Bose speakers?  No highs, no lows: Must be Bose.
>
> All together, a nice collection of moldy, dusty antiques you have there.
>  When you grow up and start earning some real money you might discover
> 21st century hardware.  All of that shit is on a single chip these days.
>  No fans needed.
>
> You really are a sad, pathetic little shit aren't you?

Oh you must then see what I've got HERE for you. Will make you want to
lick all that cat urine clean.

On 1/12/25 4:43 PM, Joel wrote:
> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>> On 1/12/2025 1:00 PM, Filthy Farley Flud wrote:
>>
>>> Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.
>>
>> JHC! Every square mm is covered by a thick layer of GuhNoo grease and
>> dirt and hair.
>>
>> https://imgur.com/a/T54JIqv
>>
>> Gross.
>>
>> No doubt there are dessicated bug carcasses laying on the floor in your
>> shack. Personal filth and laziness are sure signs of a mentally ill,
>> low quality person.
>
>
> Larry is a bigger weirdo than Jeff was.
>

"DFS" talks too much about others without showing anything of his to
compare. Doesn't even have a name. Poor bastard.

And somehow he's got under the impression that he speaks for MS.

On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 15:07:01 -0500, -hh wrote:

>
> Yeah, there's a lot (and not) going on in those pics.
> Dust is pretty thick too.
>

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Rather than noticing the superb electronics, you notice
only the dust.

Are you a washerwoman? Do you scrub floors?

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

If you were really astute (which you are not) then you
would have noticed that the entire circuit is located
on a plastic clipboard.

Here, I'll help you:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipboard

It just so happened that the clipboard and circuit was
stored in a dusty out building for a time until I needed
it. But I did not want to de-dust it. Why the fuck
should I? I am not, like you, a washerwoman.

But it all points to your upbringing. Your mother must
have savagely tugged your ears if you left crumbs on your
dinner plate.

That's why you notice dust rather than superb electronics.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

--
Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.

Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> wrote:

>"DFS" talks too much about others without showing anything of his to
>compare. Doesn't even have a name. Poor bastard.
>
>And somehow he's got under the impression that he speaks for MS.

He is actually harsher against Linux than MS would even be, shilling
for them aggressively, MS respects Linux as a sleeker alternative for
people like me.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On 2025-01-12, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>>On 1/12/2025 1:00 PM, Filthy Farley Flud wrote:
>>
>>> Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.
>>
>>JHC! Every square mm is covered by a thick layer of GuhNoo grease and
>>dirt and hair.
>>
>>https://imgur.com/a/T54JIqv
>>
>>Gross.
>>
>>No doubt there are dessicated bug carcasses laying on the floor in your
>>shack. Personal filth and laziness are sure signs of a mentally ill,
>>low quality person.
>
>
> Larry is a bigger weirdo than Jeff was.
>

After viewing his photos I have a strong urge to take a hot bubble bath.
Ewwww.

--
pothead

"Give a man a fish and you turn him into a Democrat for life"
"Teach a man to fish and he might become a self-sufficient conservative Republican"
"Don't underestimate Joe's ability to fuck things up,"
--- Barack H. Obama

On 1/12/25 5:44 PM, Joel wrote:
> Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "DFS" talks too much about others without showing anything of his to
>> compare. Doesn't even have a name. Poor bastard.
>>
>> And somehow he's got under the impression that he speaks for MS.
>
>
> He is actually harsher against Linux than MS would even be, shilling
> for them aggressively, MS respects Linux as a sleeker alternative for
> people like me.
>

The reason I see all these clues that a female is behind the poster
"DFS" might be that it is his wife that's been using his computer,
reading and posting to usenet.

He himself might even be computer illiterate :)

Speaking of "clues." Most recent one: If he's actually a "He," then why
he's so good at secretarial tasks? Stuff he posts, almost all, look like
a secretary's work for his boss, the latter being my dick.

What sane "man" would go through the trouble of gathering and listing
past information for two or three readers of his posts inside a hellhole
like this? It's sure more like a female secretary's behavior than a man's.

On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 16:30:11 -0500, Joel wrote:

> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>>On 1/12/2025 2:29 PM, Joel wrote:
>>> vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
>>>> doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.
>>>
>>> He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!
>>
>>Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
>>software, and money).
>>
>>I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
>>once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15
>>ea.
>
>
> Mine is the Amazon Basics model.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4

Works for me. I wore the legends off some of the keycaps on the Logitech
and I'm not a touch typist so I swapped in a AmazonBasics I had on hand.
I'm not a keyboard connoisseur but it works. The mouse is a Basics too, as
are quite a few of the cables. I never bought one of those presumably gold
plated HDMI cables from Worst Buy but I don't see how it could do the job
any better.