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Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives?

From Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.embedded
Subject Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives?
Date 2014-11-11 12:05 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 11/11/2014 11:59 AM,  flatfish+++ wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:14:21 -0500, Silver Slimer wrote:
>
>> On 11/11/2014 10:49 AM,  flatfish+++ wrote:
>>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:30:59 -0500, Silver Slimer wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/11/2014 9:46 AM,  flatfish+++ wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:09:45 -0500, Silver Slimer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/11/2014 8:51 AM,  flatfish+++ wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 08:49:31 -0500, Silver Slimer wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 11/11/2014 4:16 AM, Desk Rabbit wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 07/11/2014 23:00, 7 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives?
>>>>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I did 4TB upgrade to 6TB and the whole process
>>>>>>>>>> of backing up and fixing partitions took best part
>>>>>>>>>> of half a day with Linux.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Never heard of such things.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But I remember back in May I did a 3TB to 4TB upgrade
>>>>>>>>>> and it took best part of half a day with Linux as well.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So these numbers seem to be real.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> (With windoops, you may as well reserve one or two
>>>>>>>>>> weeks to do same feat ;)  )
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> WRONG!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The limiting factor is the transfer rate of the drive(s) and the spindle
>>>>>>>>> speed (Along with the amount of data) not the OS.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Wow, I didn't bother to read his propaganda but was he really suggesting
>>>>>>>> that hard disks run faster within GNU/Linux?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Doesn't everything run faster with Linux?
>>>>>>> lol!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To be honest, my SSDs run a lot faster within Windows 8 than they did in
>>>>>> Ubuntu or Ubuntu GNOME. It shouldn't be the case as SSDs don't require
>>>>>> any kind of special software to do their thing but reading and writing
>>>>>> was significantly slower in the open-source operating system than in
>>>>>> Windows. It's truly sad. Add to that the fact that the GPU ran terribly
>>>>>> and that the sound card had random pops and cracks and you really have
>>>>>> to call a spade a spade and say that GNU/Linux is shit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Still, I'd love to see how 7 _PROVES_ that whatever he says is a fact. I
>>>>>> have yet to see any kind of evidence in any of his posts. It's just
>>>>>> random garbage.
>>>>>
>>>>> Random garbage is also a good description of GNU/Linux/FOSS in
>>>>> general.
>>>>
>>>> Absolutely. You can give the system and its software a chance a dozen
>>>> times or so but you'll just come back with an overwhelming feeling of
>>>> disappointment a dozen times as well.
>>>
>>> That's exactly what happens.
>>> Each time I try Linux, a different distribution, a new release and so
>>> forth I approach it from the perspective that maybe things have
>>> improved since the last time I tried Linux.
>>>
>>> And each time I walk away frustrated and disappointed.
>>>
>>> It's not that portions of Linux haven't improved over the years but
>>> more so that Windows and OSX have not exactly been sitting idle but
>>> have improved as well.
>>>
>>> The truth is that desktop Linux is a poor choice for most people.
>>> Even chrisv knows that because he and his family are Windows users.
>>
>> I wouldn't trust anything that comes out of chrisv's mouth either way.
>> If he says that he has a family, I don't immediately believe him. If he
>> says that he has a job, I don't believe him there either. He has become
>> way too comfortable in calling others liars without ever producing any
>> kind of evidence to counter the idea that _HE_ is one.
>
> I still maintain that chrisv is a reverse troll whose purpose is to
> make Linux users/advocates look bad.
> Why?
> Because he is so good at it.

I wholeheartedly agree with this assessment and am happy to know that 
chrisv is the most effective Wintroll in this newsgroup.

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Silver Slimer
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  Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-11-08 13:39 +0100
    Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2014-11-08 20:00 +0000
      Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-08 15:07 -0500
        Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2014-11-08 20:14 +0000
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  Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2014-11-11 09:16 +0000
    Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 08:49 -0500
      Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-11 08:51 -0500
        Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 09:09 -0500
          Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-11 09:46 -0500
            Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 10:30 -0500
              Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-11 10:49 -0500
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                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-11 11:37 -0500
                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 11:46 -0500
                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-11 12:24 -0500
                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 12:47 -0500
                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 11:14 -0500
                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-11 11:59 -0500
                Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 12:05 -0500
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        Re: Time to abandon large mechanical hard drives? Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-11 10:27 -0500
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