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Re:The desktop and the developer by Swizec on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @08:48AM (#7772238)
It's more about superstition. My laptop works right now ... mostly ... I don't want to poke at it unless I have a very good reason.

Because something always breaks and then you are in a world of pain as in this XKCD about setting up dual-booting with BSD http://xkcd.com/349/

Re:The desktop and the developer by sitkack on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @01:57PM (#7779706)
I am actually the opposite. I have had brittle setups in the past and I found myself trying less and less because the past was becoming more precious.

Now I destroy and recreate as often as feasible. Never go more than a 9 months w/o a rebuild.