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But do you keep an offsite backup? I use RAID1 only for availibility purposes, for services that are time-critical, such as a mail server.
For media, instead of RAID1, a saner approach is to use the 2n available storage space to store a copy offsite. If done intelligently, it does not only protect you from natural disasters but also from stupidity such as making typos when rm -rf-ing.
On the subject of natural disasters: If I recall correctly, you live on a floodplain ;-)

Cheers mate!
Thanks for the honorable mention, but the way I remember it you installed it to have me shut up. Only to find out that instead of me making snarky Windows remarks, you now had me making Ubuntu sneers ;-)

I think it's the best consumer desktop operating system out there (well, Fedora and some others can come and play too). And it's time to start judging it on its unique merits, not just its flaws. I never see side-by-side comparisons of Ubuntu vs OSX or Windows mention the Ubuntu package management. One repository, readily searchable, of expert-tested, freely downloadable software, all kept up-to-date automatically, central, open QA so you know where to head if things break or if you have complaints or questions. You don't have to browse the net for software. You don't have to trust the software producer - the experts have already investigated. Installing is one-click. There's only one extra entry in your programs menu (grouped by topic) instead of ten, grouped in a by 'MegaManufacturer2000' menu. The manufacturer name is not as important to you as it is to them, and it's _your_ PC. It's automatically kept up-to-date. Software can easily be removed, without leaving a trace if you want to.
I did not get this on my Mac. Or on Windows.

Over the years I encouraged five of my friends to try Ubuntu, and they've sticked with it. One of the reasons for that is the ease of administering their systems without making a mess over time. No system tray with dozens of applications eating memory and CPU cycles. No Start menu with hundreds of software manufacturer names.
I had some people try Gentoo - my favourite desktop OS - too, but that wasn't as big a success. There's one lone straggler left and the rest have either switched to Ubuntu or downgraded to Windows (sulkingly).

This Ubuntu release adds a lot of what I'd call consumer-market features. Therefore, it wil attract even more consumer-grade users than it did. Some consumers are unreasonable idiots. The main Ubuntu challenge is to cater to these idiots without breaking their expectations and without spoiling it for the non-idiots. That's audacious, but it's coming along nicely.

En het duurt nog een dag langer, verwarring tussen lease maatschappij en dealer... maargoed vandaag moet het dan toch nog gaan lukken....