From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qy0-f125.google.com (mail-qy0-f125.google.com [209.85.221.125]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF81110A6F for ; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:38:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: by qyk31 with SMTP id 31so2748658qyk.21 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:38:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:mime-version :content-class:from:subject:date:importance:x-priority:to :content-transfer-encoding:content-type; bh=FXDYMZg2hA6W1q7jZtwoDC5ckAGnnYefOJEpMbi84aI=; b=UOnVs7KXoDU7pfmDNcXavTP2EyWsSvN+8OYxg3KfY0lLCj0Qee/lyT8r8w2D/T2X8B 9oagSP5z6rrEW4kAVgF1CWnJKd9U3r2i0zQIw+8eoXPhQnCXcYswaT2O9VQT6XRTyHge Hzvl6yijH0xHe59rQrg3scD8jPrx84v4GX7VY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:mime-version:content-class:from:subject:date:importance :x-priority:to:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; b=t3K84TBSxzecCfFl3kcJy08jILT2Z0Qg0b+EvIy0q1JlhhwQ5mwyl5swogFN/vKI6H bICMN1F0oESOQ5E2dy7Bijres4A4pQ1zsgY+vNSG+Hupn3XpTWx2l8aLq+Y7aG5VuCPx i9J5jW8bj8OJ1wXyVnL5TKEaxz9KroYgcBud4= Received: by 10.224.89.76 with SMTP id d12mr5022554qam.382.1240083504490; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:38:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Inbox (118.sub-75-254-119.myvzw.com [75.254.119.118]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm2094040qwk.38.2009.04.18.12.38.20 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:38:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49ea2c2f.86c3f10a.72f5.6129@mx.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 content-class: From: erik heil Subject: RE: Accessibility of netbooks Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:38:20 -0400 Importance: normal X-Priority: 3 To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:38:25 -0000 -----Original Message----- From: Adam Myrow Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 3:23 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: Accessibility of netbooks On Sat, 18 Apr 2009, Kerry Hoath wrote: > Also you should update the journal commit time to reduce wear on the flas= h=20 > disk, this can be done with ext3 by adding > commit=3D30 to the mount options for the root fs, or by installing laptop= -tools=20 > which can take care of this. I thought it was a good idea to format a flash disk as EXT2 rather than=20 EXT3, in order to minumize the wear. As I understand it, the technology=20 has a very limited life span compared to modern hard drives. This is the=20 big thing that is keeping solid-state drives from replacing hard drives.=20 Once this is solved, I believe that all computers will eventually go to=20 some sort of solid-state drive. You eliminate moving parts, and I would=20 think, should be able to eventually get tremendous speed out of such=20 devices. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup