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SSD Failure Temporarily Halts Linux 3.12 Kernel Work
jones_supa writes "The sudden death of a solid-state drive in Linus Torvalds' main workstation has led to the work on the 3.12 Linux kernel being temporarily suspended. Torvalds has not been able to recover anything from the drive. Subsystem maintainers who have outstanding pull requests may need to re-submit their requests in the coming days. If the SSD isn't recoverable he will finish out the Linux 3.12 merge window from a laptop."
That's all that Ballmer needs to stop Linux? Just find Torvald's SSD?
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson
Haven't you heard?
"Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)" - Linus Torvalds[1]
1: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/linux.dev.kernel/2OEgUvDbNbo/bTk-VE1zrnYJ
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Allow me to channel Linus Torvalds a minute:
"What do you mean there wasn't a backup disk? Fucking kill yourself with a pipe wrench. I hate you, your mother was a whore and your dad was the neighbors dog. People like you make me sick."
Maybe Linus doesn't consider Linux to be critical...
Microsoft sure as hell doesn't seem to find Windows to be critical.
Yeah, i wonder if anyone has ever told him about git. Too bad he didn't back it up. Now we will have to start a new Linux kernel.
Sarcasm Intended.
Ah, even Jesus saves. ;-)
Now there a new meaning for Kernel Panic!
I could write something witty for my sig, but instead wrote this...
His SSD gave up out of shame for all the threats and abuse it had been forced to witness
blog.sam.liddicott.com
Apparently Linus.
"Lack of speed can be overcome. In the worst case by patience." --Znork
You've misspelled 'NSA'...