[plug] No more seagate for me...

[Richard Meyer]

On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 22:03 +0900, Craig Foster wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
> > Behalf Of Kai
> > Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 8:15 PM
> > To: plug at plug.org.au
> > Subject: [plug] No more seagate for me...
> > 
> > Seagate snubs Linux
> > http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/06/seagate-snubs-
> > linux
> > 
> > --
> > PosITive - Photography and Information Technology
> > www.vk6ksj.net
> 
> 
> <rant>
> 
> 1) It's a sdparm setting to fix the power saving, whoopdee
> 2) They have a longer warranty than pretty much all the others.
> 3) It's about time they came with NTFS, have you seen the wasted space
> and limitations of FAT32? Just fdisk it...
> 3) So with the WD's not sharing MP3 or AVI files and the Samsung bodgey
> quality control, who will you buy from?

My answer to question 3 (part 2) - Hitachi. Very good drives, from what
I've seen.

Anyway no need to boycott everyone who doesn't deliver preferential
Linux treatment out of the box, people. Sh!t happens. Not always well
thought out excrement, I suppose.

-- 
Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 
William Pitt, 1783

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