From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB98213877A for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:52:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CB0A7E0BEA; Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:52:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f175.google.com (mail-we0-f175.google.com [74.125.82.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5B32E0BDD for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:52:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f175.google.com with SMTP id k48so4085499wev.20 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2014 14:52:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=vM7v+7SIAFMP8m6W9fzsIJTFOluVjttAAn2vE8fSCgM=; b=QttHs/tneplwUTDaEPAytKZNjILwGdrcemwVdITNiZNt3jtY7c+96IRQ0Ne6s3EmzH nM40bsiy1nZIPpllvXOVLBdDcmGy8/FUG0HV5stG4HAY4ICVyQ3IAQWwTw3sQnbj/pxF vGywjJZQSgitLFbRLL1yijpAwBBAZVU56a/pd33GZYdGoR4Gr+US8t3UAhCldyU4cpa9 3tfcEXzlSAhb5qjNDezuv/5F967BzluDsdpX+a8zhkZe6Z1KpqlK6gCPO6TMRj7+vaA4 etl650b3N107e6pJMubQIvLHCbAbiRpf5PRsLg3O13ikoxjI3X12HjHYXwnILFSJw0LV H/HA== X-Received: by 10.194.89.40 with SMTP id bl8mr5547149wjb.90.1402869169343; Sun, 15 Jun 2014 14:52:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id k7sm15879297wjw.6.2014.06.15.14.52.47 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 15 Jun 2014 14:52:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is my laptop getting old, or are some packages more and more demanding? Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:52:21 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.12.21-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.12.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <201406142320.52437.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201406150827.48940.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <539DF60A.7010606@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <539DF60A.7010606@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3383854.SmTQ1Npt0E"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201406152252.33983.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 0b907a44-c5da-47e2-839a-212825fffd2b X-Archives-Hash: 9e95f2f19b8e09b80146aed41ed79019 --nextPart3383854.SmTQ1Npt0E Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 fr= om > >>=20 > >> > 4 years ago to compare? > >=20 > > 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? > >=20 > > What readings would I be comparing? hdparm -t and -T? >=20 > 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 >=20 > 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=20 functionality that lynx can't really provide. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart3383854.SmTQ1Npt0E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABCAAGBQJTnhWhAAoJELAdA+zwE4YeGNoH/A5eatxYt2jo/Q1jpHA38ze3 Tb0f1rU3elhTmuig3aqy7XAALRw1u8TnzH3NyWZ/hadhKj4dHdThPEjeRpycZ7YU eeDD5ILzRTmpmCKuoOcDExGeu3lHfHTFOzJv95qGaJRKemYCWQF+xGxm4RV8SeoX reL/zhwMI2I8sJRJgVNSmOMrFQKIVeZF1b7EAhej3DaXTyWNuGZV8lMuYEPQyrcy IfuZtpmGDbEIIZFA4gbchs4I9IRGARJ4WH+3Hho+Bf2tHP3ZFVKG24Per27sVnmB 9W4sKpT2Ko2B+4FvGzEhesiczHQftCXl5jWchlX7rZ9xs7YkzQuC0esW5+l4pJU= =Kn+0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3383854.SmTQ1Npt0E--