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Re:Apple's Middle Age by arximboldi on Monday February 05, 2018 @10:05AM (#16309155)
Well, when I was using Windows more than 10 years ago... formatting your computer every 2 years was a good way to maintain performance, otherwise it would just slow down due to disk fragmentation + crapware accumulation. On Linux I could also just install the OS once and use it until I upgraded the machine... like in 6 years.
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Re:Apple's Middle Age by bryanlarsen on Monday February 05, 2018 @10:38AM (#16309387)
When I was using Linux more than 10 years ago I didn't even format my disks when upgrading my machine, I just moved the boot drive from the old machine to the new one.

OTOH, I've reformatted my 2012 Linux machine twice since I purchased it, which is twice more than I've formatted my Windows machine over the same period. Granted my Linux box is much more heavily used, but...

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Re:Apple's Middle Age by Shikadi on Monday February 05, 2018 @11:18AM (#16309724)
Sounds like you must be using Ubuntu :P
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Re:Apple's Middle Age by bryanlarsen on Monday February 05, 2018 @11:37AM (#16309904)
Got it in one.
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