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tempestuousknave Jul 16, 2023

Fore and aft rigged ships sail into the wind pretty well, but square rigged ships were better outfitted for running with the trades. This design would probably do something similar, but yeah, next they’ll invent masts and yardarms and booms, and then we’ll be back to squabbling over trade routes in the Caribbean.

tempestuousknave Jun 22, 2023

I have no idea what I'm doing, help!

https://sh.itjust.works/post/313449

I have no idea what I'm doing, help! - sh.itjust.works

Every other forum has rules about these posts because there’s such a glut of them, and yes, I could go read a stickied thread elsewhere, but here I am not doing that. How would someone with no computer skills get acquainted with the OS? What version would you recommend to the hopeless novice? Can I keep windows on my PC and run the new OS or a practice version of it in a partitioned space while I learn? Can someone with minimal skills/time/patience be happy with a unix-like OS?

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tempestuousknave Jun 22, 2023

I subscribed tot his instance specifically for the discussion of quality titanium products and now you're closing the magazine? Back to reddit I go.