UPS nomination

[Craig White]

Jason wrote:
> 
> When I bought my APC BackUPS 650 at CompUSA, it was when California
> was first having outages and there was an anticipated possiblity of
> the same out here. Its saved me from at least 4 or 5 reboots since -
> the kind that kill the clocks too. God knows how many of those 1/30th
> of a second outages that only seem to down computers its blocked as
> well. I also have my alarm clock plugged into it too, so I can save
> "The power failed" as an excuse to be late occasionally, since I wont
> ever be legitimately using it :-)
> 
> I didnt even know APC had Linux drivers available for download when I
> bought it. I just knew that of all the UPSes I've worked with in
> businesses over the years, people seemed happiest with them, and I
> havent personally known of one to fail yet. Basically, it was a brand
> thing. When I learned they supported Linux as well, it only increased
> my belief in the wholesomeness of APC as a good company.
> 
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ah but let's be clear so everyone doesn't just blindly buy APC

Not all APC UPS units support Linux - their Back-UPS do but their
cheapies do not.

Craig