[PaulHoule]

My two Win 11 machines have been pretty solid for a while, but my Ubuntu Linux machine has had a lot of trouble with software updates.

When I built the machine about 12 years ago [1] it allocated a /boot partition that was big enough then but not big enough but as Ubuntu grew the /boot was too small to keep as many versions as Ubuntu wanted so kernel upgrades needed manual intervention. And for that machine it is a hassle because it runs headless and if it doesn't come up with the Ethernet working I have to pull it out of it's home and set up a workstation.

More recently I rebuilt / completely (kept the ZFS array) and this time Ubuntu didn't make a /boot so the files live on / but now when it does software updates it often fails to install the realtek driver modules so it comes up without the Ethernet and I have to take it upstairs to rebuild it. Copilot offered me a script to tell if the modules are busted after a kernel upgrade so I can do the the manual fix before the reboot now.

I guess I can't complain too much, I mean this $150 machine that I upgraded with 32GB of RAM and a NVIDIA GPU is going strong, though now that I think about it the second ZFS array I built for it is past warranty even if it only half full.

[1] I know because I named it after my favorite vixen from a video game I was playing back then