On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 22:21 -0400, Jeremy wrote: > On 11-08-26 10:16 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> Thats longer than I expect to keep my hardware. > > Don't know about you, but my OS-installs last longer than my hardware. > > Most of my machines run the Debian testing I installed in 2003 on my > > wife's Thinkpad (with regular "aptitude upgrade"s applied, of course). > > > > > > Stefan > > _______________________________________________ > I consider my OS installs completely transient. I wipe them all the > time, moving it around, new hard drives, trying different raid things, > etc. I never keep an OS on a "main" machine longer than a year. > > Not saying it is a good way to do it, but it makes backups really > important, and that can't be all bad. > > Jeremy
Well considering how often i re-install im in both boats as Jeremy and Stefan mentioned, but what i was trying to get across is, it is always nice that the OS i am using is supported longer than my OS ADD, which means if i so choose to stay on one longer than usual it is nice to know there will be security updates :) _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
