[PLUG] Desktop failure returned

Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtmann at gmail.com
Fri Jul 17 14:32:20 UTC 2015


On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 1:56 AM, Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
wrote:

> >>>>> "Denis" == Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com> writes:
>
> Denis> That sound like a good idea, but failures at present are days
> Denis> apart.  Maybe if it gets consistent I will try that.
>
> FWIW, any hint of hard disk trouble, I replace the hard disk.
> Intermittent disk failures have a way of going swiftly to permenant,
> taking all their precious cargo with them.  If you have good backups,
> then you have more wiggle room.
>
>
> --
> Russell Senior, President
> russell at personaltelco.net
>

Thanks, Russell.  Good advice.  A new disk is in the mail.  I am now trying
to decide what distro to install.  Currently it is Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.  I
want LTS, but Ubuntu's focus seems to be away from desktops, so maybe it is
time to move.  What distro do you use?

-Denis



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