does the desktop matter anymore?

does the desktop matter anymore?

Posted Oct 4, 2005 10:01 UTC (Tue) by ekj (subscriber, #1524)
In reply to: does the desktop matter anymore? by b7j0c
Parent article: KDE 4 promises radical changes to the free desktop (NewsForge)

cds and dvds are indeed elaborate. Especially for those of us with large data-collections. Every time I press the shutter-release on my camera I generate 3-10MB of data (depending on if shoot raw or jpeg) adds up quickly.

Making atleast minimal backups are however *not* elaborate. Unless you think that clicking a *single* mouseclick once a week or whenever you feel like it is a lot of work.

It doesn't take more than that with a separate harddisk and rsync (or any of the other programs for such stuff). Yes it costs like a hundred or even 150$ extra when you buy the machine to hqave two separate disks in there. If your data ain't worth that much to you, don't bother.

I'm fully aware that two disks can die at once, or that the house can burn and so on. It's not fault-prrof, but a lot better than trusting a single consumer-grade harddisk to never fail. They all fail earlier or later.

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