Martin Steigerwald said on Tue, 05 Dec 2023 18:25:57 +0100

>Steve Litt - 05.12.23, 17:13:15 CET:
>> Martin Steigerwald said on Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:24:30 +0100
>>
>> >Steve talked about using a monster spinning disk in his mail not for
>> >backup purposes, but for example for "/var" and "/home" I think, I
>> >bet for his workstation. My comment was related to that. I would not
>> >tolerate such a disk in my workstation nowadays anymore I bet.
>>
>> Yeah, it's loud. Of course, I have about 6 fans spinning at full
>> speed constantly, which is the main component of my noise. I want
>> everything running cool in my computer, and for me (YMMV), 35 db or
>> whatever isn't the end of the world. Heck, I used to code 8 hours a
>> night in a computer room with bunches of Vaxes, PDP-11s, and full
>> size suction controlled reel to reel 9 track tape drives, and I
>> lived to tell about it. Of course I'm halfway deaf now. Was it that
>> computer room, the 90db factory I used to work in, or the rock
>> concerts or the parties with the stereo cranked up to 100db? I don't
>> know. And of course being halfway deaf makes it easier to put up
>> with fan noise :-).
>
>Isn't it beautiful how we can have different setups because we are
>different?
>
>Amazing.

The beauty of choice! Don't you wish the Debian "community" shared the
love of choice? :-)

SteveT

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