Re:How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
by yetihehe on Friday December 11, 2020 @07:30AM
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Regarding that burning - my home wood pellet furnace needed software updates after installation to start fully working. Good luck that I had mobile internet available.
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Re:How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
by segfaultbuserr on Friday December 11, 2020 @11:09AM
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> needed software updates after installation to start fully working
Not too bad, at least it's a one-time job, better than some IoT thermostats that crash randomly in winter midnights and freeze everyone to death (figuratively)...
> https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/fashion/nest-thermostat-g...
> Nest Thermostat Glitch Leaves Users in the Cold
> The Nest Learning Thermostat is dead to me, literally. Last week, my once-beloved “smart” thermostat suffered from a mysterious software bug that drained its battery and sent our home into a chill in the middle of the night.