People expecting a $35 childhood educational computer to perform like a mission critical embedded device get what they should expect from that. Having said tha

People expecting a $35 childhood educational computer to perform like a mission critical embedded device get what they should expect from that. Having said that, what is so hard about running regular backup images, and simply burning a new one every time the current SD card inevitably fails? That's been working for me for years. Can't reboot... burn a new SD card from the backup. Reboot. All the super-timely stuff is on github, so at most, I might lose an hour or so every 6 months to a year. And anything that isn't altered often just has a rolling updated image for me to dd if needed. It's rare enough I just don't care about it. I use rpis a lot, and since I work with MPI, usually there are quite a few running at all times. I just back up regularly and don't get alarmed that they don't last like a desktop at 100 times the price would. Of all the SD cards and actual rpis that died, I heaven't come close to that price, and have lost nearly nothing for all that I've gained in the experience.