Re: [gentoo-user] Simplest NTP client for standalone system?

[Dale]

Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 8:32 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
>> Another example is LVM. You or I might really need it (debatable now we
>> have ZFS) but the average user has no concept of what it might be, or
>> care. So why do Ubuntu installers shove it in your face as something
>> really cool that you should really really use? Because the author of the
>> installer thinks it's really cool, that's why.
>>
> Maybe.
>
> Or maybe because when that computer's hard drive starts getting full
> and you add a new hard drive, if you're using lvm with a few commands
> you can make your /home expand across both drives, while with straight
> partitions that is a lot more work.
>
> There really is no reason not to use some kind of volume management
> solution these days, whether that is zfs/btrfs, or lvm.  When your
> data is on lvm it is MUCH easier to move it around than if you just
> put it directly on drive partitions.
>
> Arguably you want more flexibility around adding/removing drives on
> the desktop than in the enterprise, because desktop users don't add
> and remove drives in sets of 5-6.  This is why I think btrfs is
> actually superior to zfs conceptually on the desktop (setting aside
> the fact that it will tend to eat your data) - the flexibility matters
> more on the small scale because you want to go from a 3-disk RAID5 to
> a 4-disk RAID5.
>
>


You have a point but most people I know use a computer for years, until
it is about dead due to age, and the hard drive isn't even half full.  I
have a neighbor that bought a computer several years ago with a 1TB
drive.  Last I looked, it had less than 200GBs of data on it, including
the OS. 

Sad to say but when a drive fills up, most people would think the system
is broken and just go buy a new one, while losing the data at the same
time.  Most people I know, don't even think about transferring data from
their old system to their new system.  They just assume a video or
whatever won't work except on that old system so they lose everything. 

It's sad to say, even about some of my friends and even family members,
most are clueless about how a computer works and how easy it can be to
transfer data from one system to another.  Same can be said with
backups.  Especially if you don't have a lot, online backup services can
be very easy and require nothing from the user. 

Dale

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