XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: nv@linux.rocks   
      
   On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 13:04:56 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   >   
   > How many 'fixes' have been applied to hard drives?   
   >   
   > Checksums. Bad block management, Defragmentaion.   
   >   
   > All signs of cheap technical gimmicks intended to foist an inferior   
   > technology onto an unsuspecting public.   
   >   
      
   True.  Consumer-grade technology is inferior in many ways.   
      
   But SSDs go way beyond reasonable bounds with their technical   
   gimmickry.   
      
      
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   Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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