<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 April 2012 15:34, John Hearns <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hearnsj@googlemail.com">hearnsj@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 05/04/2012, Andrew Farnsworth <<a href="mailto:farnsaw@stonedoor.com">farnsaw@stonedoor.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I believe he is talking about TRIM support which Linux didn't have at<br>
> first. It really depends on the file system and settings. Google for it<br>
> and you find that Ext4 and Btrfs support it (and maybe others) but you may<br>
> have to pass parameters.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>At the risk of being rude to Robert, this is an example of how FUD spreads.<br>
There is an example quoted on some support forum or other, or on a<br>
blog, along the lines of "Linux does not support Device XYZ" or "Linux<br>
cannot do ABC"<br>
Months or years later, when there IS support for XYZ and ABC in the<br>
Linux kernel the information surfaces again.<br>
<br>
<br>
Sorry Robert - really and honestly not a personal attack on you, but I<br>
have seen how FUD regarding Linux propagates. And remember Linux does<br>
not have a huge marketing budget behind it. Yes I DO know that Redhat<br>
is a billion dollar company these days, but we don't see the blitz of<br>
television and press advertisign for a new Redhat version etc. etc.<br>
etc. s/Redhat/Ubuntu/ to your liking.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>John: <br>Not rude at all and I actually appreciate what you are saying (I'm assuming FUD means Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt?) I have recently come to realise that (a) quality information is hard to come-by on the iNet (b) A lot of info is very scattered, making it extremely difficult to learn from. So I try to stick to (expensive) [e]?books where possible now. But maybe the above is what had raised my concerns regarding TRIM that Andrew correctly deducted from my message.<br>
<br>Mr Ford:<br>I recently just brought the same modem, but I'm plugg into a Cisco E3200. I hadn't considered the idea of getting a router I could install custom wares on, sounds fun. But this is why I'm now looking to build a new project/mini pc to give me that role and flexibility. <br>
<br>I use to look at LHS website and IRC, what's it like down there? was always too chicken to randomly go down there since I don't know anyone.<br><br>