Does Your Primary Linux Desktop Have An HDD or SSD?

k3lt01 · 10-31-2013, 04:26 PM

Actually the context is the posters opinion. In his opinion they "are just better".

thebeav · 10-31-2013, 04:38 PM

SSD, 64 GB on my ThinkPad 220 (customer loaner) Mint Olivia. 120 GB on Thinkpad Helix, Ubuntu.

WD Blacks on my Workstation, Slackware.

Other than boot times, I don't see anything special about them. I have not turned my workstation off in a couple of years, heck I can't remember the last time I even rebooted it.

Randicus Draco Albus · 10-31-2013, 06:13 PM

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He's not required to, he's only been asked to. I honestly thought your first post was sarcastic...since when is it a faux pas to ask somebody to clarify their opinion? If anybody were to post "xxx is the best distro" to a user asking which distro they should use, they would be immediately asked to clarify their definition of "best" and back up their claims with examples. Why is that a problem here?

You are completely correct, but it appears you are unfamiliar with what the post was referring to. That being, recent posts made by the person those words were directed at. So the post was sarcasm.

273 · 10-31-2013, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by k3lt01

Actually the context is the posters opinion. In his opinion they "are just better".

Ah, OK, then the post is irrelevant. Fair enough.

k3lt01 · 10-31-2013, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Randicus Draco Albus

You are completely correct, but it appears you are unfamiliar with what the post was referring to. That being, recent posts made by the person those words were directed at. So the post was sarcasm.

It is really difficult to convey fine nuances of language in visual text. Yes I was being sarcastic (maybe I shouldn't have been), if you need to know why just do a search on recent posts (@Randicus I know you know why but others may not then again they may not even care).

k3lt01 · 10-31-2013, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 273

Ah, OK, then the post is irrelevant. Fair enough.

That was my first impression and remains my opinion. Now back to our regular programming.

ncmoody · 11-01-2013, 03:38 AM

Blue ones are the best - all the others are rubbish

TobiSGD · 11-01-2013, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ncmoody

Blue ones are the best - all the others are rubbish

Not always. The WD Blue in my laptop (replaced by a Intel X25-V 40GB and later by a Samsung 840 Basic 120GB) was one of those with the annoying power-save behavior. We are still talking about SSDs and HDDs, are we? Because that is the topic of this thread.

ncmoody · 11-01-2013, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

Not always. The WD Blue in my laptop (replaced by a Intel X25-V 40GB and later by a Samsung 840 Basic 120GB) was one of those with the annoying power-save behavior. We are still talking about SSDs and HDDs, are we? Because that is the topic of this thread.

who is talking about WD disks - I am not!

TobiSGD · 11-01-2013, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ncmoody

who is talking about WD disks - I am not!

I hope you talk about other brands of disks then, since this is the topic of the thread and there was already a moderator request to keep this thread on topic. This is of course true for anybody participating in this thread.

ncmoody · 11-01-2013, 07:26 AM

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I hope you talk about other brands of disks then, since this is the topic of the thread and there was already a moderator request to keep this thread on topic. This is of course true for anybody participating in this thread.

I was trying to demonstrate that a statement "XXX is best" without defining what context 'best' is used in is silly

Best is a comparative descriptor so to make sense you need to enumerate the list and describe the context in which the word best is used.

LithiumKid1976 · 11-01-2013, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ozar

I voted SSD because my system is on an SSD while the data goes onto a large HDD.

Same for me too.

svetlyoh · 11-01-2013, 07:54 AM

I have HHD because I run linux on a laptop from 2008 and a desktop from 2007. I haven't bought another computer since.

onebuck · 11-01-2013, 09:11 AM

Get this thread back on topic. Enough semantics, the poster stated a opinion as to which he/she thought was better without supporting information from a personal point of view/opinion.

If you wish to carry on the debate then do so via PM. This a forum not a chat room;

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ncmoody · 11-02-2013, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by onebuck

Get this thread back on topic. Enough semantics, the poster stated a opinion as to which he/she thought was better without supporting information from a personal point of view/opinion.

If you wish to carry on the debate then do so via PM. This a forum not a chat room;Enough!

I cannot use the PM system, because of the draconian restrictions on its use.