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On 7 Nov 2007, at 12:59, Robin Cornelius wrote: > 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. > So it's not just me then. I'd like a modern OS ie Linux running on a laptop with the build quality of the old days. Somehow computers have got cheaper in real terms but are olmost disposable now. I'd even pay more for better quality. Clare -- 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