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darkemeraldsHard drive failure is what I'm (pretty sure I'm) talking about here. This Dell Studio workhorse laptop has weathered four and a half years of my significant demands, but is finally showing signs of...something.
Remember when hard-drive failure was a major catastrophe? Now, not so much. Virtually everything I need to save is in the cloud already. Because I run Ubuntu and work primarily in web apps, I don't have any expensive software. In fact I won't swear that I have any non-free software on here at all. And if I do have to resort to professional help, getting a laptop to the shop is nothin' compared to what it would take car-free me to get an old desktop machine there.
I'm reinstalling the operating system in a few minutes. Thanks to Linux, this operation is relatively painless. Free, too. If the symptoms (terribly slowed-down response times, web-page crashes in all browsers) don't clear up with a fresh install, I'll have to start thinking (fast) about a replacement drive.
Does anyone use a solid-state drive? And if so, was it a replacement for an older HDD? How'd that go?
If worse comes to worst and I have to buy a new computer: anyone using Chromebook?
Remember when hard-drive failure was a major catastrophe? Now, not so much. Virtually everything I need to save is in the cloud already. Because I run Ubuntu and work primarily in web apps, I don't have any expensive software. In fact I won't swear that I have any non-free software on here at all. And if I do have to resort to professional help, getting a laptop to the shop is nothin' compared to what it would take car-free me to get an old desktop machine there.
I'm reinstalling the operating system in a few minutes. Thanks to Linux, this operation is relatively painless. Free, too. If the symptoms (terribly slowed-down response times, web-page crashes in all browsers) don't clear up with a fresh install, I'll have to start thinking (fast) about a replacement drive.
Does anyone use a solid-state drive? And if so, was it a replacement for an older HDD? How'd that go?
If worse comes to worst and I have to buy a new computer: anyone using Chromebook?
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14/10/13 08:34 (UTC)When I'm using George, I miss IRC and Scrivener.
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14/10/13 18:04 (UTC)I haven't used IRC in ages--not directly anyway, though I do love a good chat. Scrivener for Linux has never unfolded its charms to me, though I have it. I believe it's only beta and will probably improve as most Linux things tend to do.
By the way, the OS reinstall did solve my issues, so for the moment I'm in the clear. But my laptop is not a traveling device. At all. It sounds like Chromebook is a reasonable traveling option.