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On Fri, Jul 13 2012, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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> Am 2012-07-13 20:53, schrieb Allan Gottlieb: |
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>> On Fri, Jul 13 2012, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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>>> Am 2012-07-13 19:42, schrieb Allan Gottlieb: |
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>>>> I will be getting a new laptop with ssd (250GB). |
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>>>> I currently run ~amd64 and wonder if this is too much writing for the |
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>>>> flash. |
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>>>> I have adapted to and now enjoy gnome3. If I were forced to run stable |
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>>>> to limit compiles I would still use package.accept_keywords to permit |
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>>>> gnome3. |
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>>>> Any experiences with testing and ssd? |
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>>> No problems with ~amd64 and gnome3 on SSD in my ThinkPad, for maybe 2yrs |
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>>> already. |
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>> Thank you. That is just want I wanted to know. |
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> Be sure to check for the latest firmware for the SSD and flash it before |
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> even using it. Also check for any well known issues with the particular |
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> SSD. And a decent backup strategy is never a bad thing ;-) |
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> With that flaky ssd I had scripts to quickly rsync the partitions to |
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> hdd-based storage so I could rather quickly switch back and boot from |
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> there. That ssd worked and looked OK for weeks and then *ZIP* changed |
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> its mind and its size to 0 bytes ... that wasn't too funny. |
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> The ssd in my thinkpad is completely robust and problemfree. |
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This would be a new dell laptop (latitude E series). I do daily backup |
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of my user data now and will continue with the new laptop. I hope my |
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experiences match yours with the thinkpad. |
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allan |
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