On Monday 09 February 2009 12:06:27 Ira Abramov wrote:
> Quoting Shlomi Fish, from the post of Sat, 07 Feb:
> > On Friday 06 February 2009 23:42:54 Ira Abramov wrote:
> > > 23:40:21 up 512 days, 9:49, 2 users, load average: 0.89, 0.83, 1.11
> >
> > That's a nice uptime. However, weren't there any newer kernels released
> > since with important security updates? Won't that potentially jeopardise
> > your system?
>
> So far I believe all the fixes were to local exploits (of which I'm less
> worried) and maybe once to a remote exploit when using a feature which I
> do not.
I see. What is your IP address, again? ;-)
>
> I am hoping Lenny becomes stable soon, though it could have been cool to
> have a 550 day uptime :-)
"My uptime is bigger than yours."
>
> > Shlomi Fish (who is using Mandriva Cooker on his home machine, which
> > recommends rebooting for every upgrade of the kernel, glibc or dbus, etc.
>
> I haven't used Mandrivel in years, and the Microsoft doctorine is ok for
> home stations I suppose..
Well, I should note that it just recommends it. I can still happily run it
with the older kernel/glibc/etc. (but I don't). Some of the kernel upgrades
are from one -rc to another, so they may still be safe to use. And I'm on
Cooker which is a rolling-version distribution that is constantly updated. I
suppose the story would be somewhat different if I were using one of the
releases.
>
> > and who is shutting down the computer at night anyway, to save on
> > electricity.)
>
> Not really an option on a hosted, busy webserver...
Naturally.
> however, ideally at
> home I would either hibernate
Are you sure that hibernation saves roughly as much power as turning off the
computer does? I think I saw a few recent Slashdot posts that hinted that the
contrary was true.
> or use the power and CPU cycles for good,
> like installing BOINC and have it look for HIV cures and useful
> proteins.
This is an option of course. Sometimes when I'm too lazy to turn off the
computer, I smoke CPAN, etc.
> All you have left to worry about are spinning disks, which I
> hope will be affordably exchangable with SSD within 4-5 years. If you
> are worried about such issues like unsustainable technologies, I suggest
> you look into the platform of Hayeruka-Meimad, I'm trying to help
> relevant agendas and solutions into bills.
I see.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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