Re: [gentoo-user] Is my laptop getting old, or are some packages more and more demanding?

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Sunday 15 Jun 2014 20:37:46 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 15/06/2014 09:27, Mick wrote:
> >> And maybe your disks are tired too :-) . You do have hdparm results from
> >> 
> >> > 4 years ago to compare?
> > 
> > I have not install hdparm on this laptop, thinking that I do not really
> > need it for anything.  Anyway, do disks spin slower with age?  Even if
> > their bearings theoretically wear out and eventually slow down, would
> > this be perceptible?
> > 
> > What readings would I be comparing?  hdparm -t and -T?
> 
> Yes, I'd look at those two. If disk performance was suffering due to
> age, I'd expect your seek times to suffer and that should show up with -tT
> 
> Not too sure really how wear and tear translates to real life; overall
> it's probably just simple bloat you have, to borrow Walter's analogy you
> started with a sub-compact and now have a ginormous SUV!

I think that's call progress.  ;-)

The Internet has grown and technology develops to deliver all this new 
functionality that lynx can't really provide.

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Regards,
Mick

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