Admin: Moving On

Moving on is never easy. I believe I first installed a version of Suse Linux in 1997 (5.1? 5.2?), about a year after getting my first email account. It seems like forever ago. Over the weeked I broke down and did what I had been putting off for more than a year—upgrading from 15.2. It didn’t go well. I have a functioning system, as you can see, but a lot of stuff is broken, compared to what I had put in place over years. I need a system that doesn’t require workarounds, that just does what I want with the tools I prefer. I don’t have time to sort things out like I used to do. So, after something like 27 years I’ll be moving on—maybe tonight, hopefully not later than tomorrow. I need to be sure the transition will be smooth. Most likely I’ll switch to Linux Mint, although there are a few other options. I feel like I’m not leaving Suse, that Suse left me.

All that got me reflecting on life before the internet. Hard to believe how limited our sources of information were, the way we were often fed misinformation to keep us in line with the ruling class narratives. We weren’t all gullible, but digging for facts, evaluating perspectives—it all took a lot longer.

I’ll try to catch up a bit today and then get the new system up and running tonight. Just so you all know. This comes at an inconvenient time, but then that’s why I’ve procrastinated so long in the first place. It’s always inconvenient.