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On Nov 7, 2007 12:21 PM, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Quoting Clare Shepherd <clareeshepherd@xxxxxxx>: > > > > > On 7 Nov 2007, at 10:09, Rob Beard wrote: > > > >> > >> I guess that's where the saying comes from... if it ain't broke, don't > >> fix it. > >> > >> Rob > >> > > Absolutely, in spades, I wonder what Debian etc. will be like in 30 > > years. > > Clare > > > > Not sure, but I bet there are a fair few machines that just happily > run the older versions of Debian for years on end. Unfortunately I > haven't got 365 days uptime yet on any of my machines - I'm working on > it, longest time I think has been about 185 days when my server > overheated. > We have all this stable software now but the hardware doesn't seem to keep up. Overheat this, failed that, dead this. Either that or some idiot puts a JCB through the local power lines and the UPS is only so big. Is it just me or is computer hardware getting more unreliable? the number of PSU's i have had go (some actually bang), failed motherboards and other random problems seems to be on the increase. Robin. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html