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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. > You know what, I think it probably is getting worse. I'm on my second motherboard on my Athlon 64, it failed after about 18 months. You'd think things like that would last! Wasn't a cheap board either. Rob -- 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