Poll: How many times have you reflashed? (not counting first out-of-the-box flash)
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Over 20 times since January 2008. Usually from OS 2008 to 2007 or visa-versa, just for the applications available in one that aren't ported to the other. Though I've been sticking with OS 2008 lately.

The last time I flashed was a few weeks ago from OS 2008 to 2007. But after installing a bunch of Bora apps and being disappointed with not being able to install some Chinook apps (Evince, TiEmu, Basilisk II, all the neat GUI modifications, etc.) I reflashed back to OS 2008 within 2 hours.

Now I have 6 MB free on my N800 and looking to clone it to a SD card to have more free space for applications.
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#12
I suggest a new poll.
How many times have you answered a poll in a reply, but not actually taken the poll?
Notice that most of the replies are "too many" type, but the poll (now) has 1 43+.
Not that anyone is required, just interesting.
desiv
edit- OK, now that I look at it, it could just be different definitions of too often/too many/etc. So, it's no longer that interesting. Ignore me (a safe bet usually) Move along

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I'm in the 11-20 group. Maybe it's even more. (In fact, I'm sure it's more, but changing a vote doesn't seem possible.) But all of those were while I was getting down how to clone the OS to the SD card. Since I got that routinized, I haven't flashed. So it's been one flashfree month.
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Originally Posted by OSEmuTech View Post
Over 20 times since January 2008. Usually from OS 2008 to 2007 or visa-versa, just for the applications available in one that aren't ported to the other. Though I've been sticking with OS 2008 lately.

The last time I flashed was a few weeks ago from OS 2008 to 2007. But after installing a bunch of Bora apps and being disappointed with not being able to install some Chinook apps (Evince, TiEmu, Basilisk II, all the neat GUI modifications, etc.) I reflashed back to OS 2008 within 2 hours.

Now I have 6 MB free on my N800 and looking to clone it to a SD card to have more free space for applications.
If you can afford another SD card, why not just have OS2007 on one and OS2008 on another?
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This poll could never have my reply of choice in its options, as I think every reflash is one too many: A Linux device shouldn't have to be reflashed, unless something had gone very seriously wrong internally. The reflashing practice is one of developer laziness.
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Once for each new OS-version.

Why should I flash more often?
 
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I assume every version N770, N800, then N810 otherwise I could breakdown the three...

N770, 20 times - last 2007HE with Skype
N800, 10 times - last 2008
N810, 6 times, so far.......last 2008

mainly KDE, dual booting and other software that I ran into some kind of issue that made my NIT not run correctly for one reason or other...

am I getting better.....
....now with everything running as I like I think I am done until a new OS is released....
 
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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens View Post
This poll could never have my reply of choice in its options, as I think every reflash is one too many: A Linux device shouldn't have to be reflashed, unless something had gone very seriously wrong internally.
Hey, Diablo's coming and SSU is on the way. Looks like you're in luck!

Originally Posted by Karel Jansens View Post
The reflashing practice is one of developer laziness.
s/laziness/lack of time/

We can accuse the maemo guys of a lot of things, but "laziness" isn't one of them.
 
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
Hey, Diablo's coming and SSU is on the way. Looks like you're in luck!
You'd think, wouldn't you?

s/laziness/lack of time/

We can accuse the maemo guys of a lot of things, but "laziness" isn't one of them.
For once, I wasn't targeting the Maemo crowd alone. It seems quite a lot of Linux "computerette" developers think this is the "right" way to do things. Pepper e.g. went down that road also; luckily, they're now dead (albeit still twitching) and the community is picking up the pieces nicely.
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Originally Posted by Rider View Post
Once for each new OS-version.

Why should I flash more often?
Well, when you're hacking around in things you shouldn't....
 
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