Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 08:41:57 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Half OT: laptop reccomendations Message-ID: <20211225084157.f2106bda7e9b977a49bd36df@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20211225092321.359749cf@archlinux> References: <d08bda93-222d-26e1-5b4d-eb19b1048fb9@netfence.it> <87a6gsq5o8.fsf@betla.home> <0af3dadb-7b1d-e660-037b-0f3ba58b9ad5@netfence.it> <861r23ti4j.fsf@betla.kvm> <CAFKhKgreD9MkmWp3Oae0=jTi6B521FWDJ9C7dbaaymVNWonAJQ@mail.gmail.com> <3eaef9ee-2e36-fcfe-cc19-d4a23454ac6a@netfence.it> <Mrhvb11--3-2@tutanota.com> <20211225034612.0497b7415dc039ed53e3725a@sohara.org> <20211225092321.359749cf@archlinux>
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 09:23:21 +0100 Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> wrote: > On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 03:46:12 +0000, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > >Sidecar - you know you always wanted to carry that rack mounted server. > > That's the best recommendation ever. A pity that I didn't recommended > it, since I know somebody who owns a https://www.imz-ural.com/ , > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMZ-Ural . An older one, that looks like > an old faithful German BMW. Since it looks like a BMW, but is from > Russia, you might guess it's as reliable as a BMW and an AK-47, but it > isn't. It's as reliable as an USA operating system named Windows. I used to own the Cossack variant of that machine - mine was as reliable as a BMW or AK-47, it would start first time[1] in the pouring rain despite 6 volt electrics, a missing electrics cover plate, a loose HT lead and (as I discovered much later) one piston that lacked both rings and skirt (I never looked at the other one). It would also go *anywhere*, it was a close match for a Landrover as an offroad vehicle - railway sidings are scary things to ride up and down. [1] If you had the knack, otherwise you could kick it all day without it starting. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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