I just rebooted my Linux systems last week the first time in about 6 months. The reason, because the windows servers on our network have been changed so many times that they were finally starting to affect Samba on the Linux server. I couldn't just change the IP addresses anymore and restart Samba, I actually had to reboot the system. I have had the system up so long that I got a message like Lee's but I try to reboot at least once a year just so the heads don't weld themselves to the disk surface if I do have to bring them down for some reason. I don't think we have ever had a windows server stay up more than a week so I think you are either lucky or you very seldom install a patch on your server.
Jerry Banker From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Symeon Breen Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:04 AM To: 'Lee Bacall'; 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] [u2u] UV on Windows question My main web server running windows server 2003 was last rebooted Feb 2008 ! I think people when you say windows think about their own experience of their desktop whereas when it is on a server the whole usage is very different, that is what i am trying to get across ! Having said all this yes i would prefer linux just because of its ease of tuning using the shell and text based config files is much easier than say a gui and the registry. From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Lee Bacall Sent: 02 June 2009 14:14 To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] [u2u] UV on Windows question Right on Jerry. We recently experienced a violent lightning storm here in South Florida. While we have a backup generator and multiple UPS systems, transient protection, etc., we thought it prudent to bring down some systems, do some spring-cleaning and vacuum out the dust bunnies and cat fur from the fans and filters. When bringing up one of the SUSE Linux servers, running uniVerse, I was greeted with the message: System has gone 220 days without a shutdown. To quote Jerry, "Can you say the same about Windows?" Lee Bacall http://www.binarystar.com ----- Original Message ----- From: jpb-u2ug <mailto:jpb-u...@hotmail.com> To: 'U2 <mailto:u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Users List' Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [U2] [u2u] UV on Windows question Let's see now. I have been working on Unix type systems for 30 years and never had an anti-virus program running on any of them. Can you say the same about Windows? In that time only one of them got hacked. Can you say the same about Windows? I can go on if you wish. Jerry Banker
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