I knew about limits.conf before I even posted this bug. The bug is only about the default values that ubuntu ships with nothing else. I believe Ubuntu should ship with a secure and stable configuration by default.
* Saying that "all other platforms crash" is bad argument (try "Windows boots slow so it's okay for Linux too" etc etc). * The statement that "Windows succumbs to nonresponse faster than Linux" is wrong. I've been running a fork bomb on Vista since I posted the comment that starts with FWIW above it the Vista machine is still fork bomb and I can still move the mouse and I still see graphics updates every few seconds (even though the system is non-usable of course). * I've not yet seen a single rational argument for *not* setting a secure and stable default value? * Saying that "it's the job of the admin" is of course partly true but that doesn't in any way exclude having a smart default value. You can see plenty of good arguments around this issue in this old thread: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-309944.html The difference I see in fork bombing between ubuntu and vista is that; in ubuntu a user space process can get the kernel to freeze so that mouse can't be moved and graphics updates stop. On Vista I don't see this (I encourage you to try it), the machine just runs and runs the mouse cursor movement doesn't even get sluggish (the user spaces processes does not succeed in hosing the Vista kernel). That's my two cents.. -- ubuntu freezes completely (all graphics and mouse) when executing shell ascii forkbomb https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163185 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
