That's great! Can you talk to my dad. ;-) Ironically, he never
trusts me when it comes to computers. Probably some of you have the
same problem, but still have to do "tech support".
On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 12:49:19AM GMT, Initech [initech@comcast.net] said the following:
> freeman@freeman-desktop:~$ uptime
> 19:46:16 up 1 day, 18:57, 2 users, load average: 0.22, 0.25, 0.18
>
> Not that impressive, unless you consider that until last month I was
> running Windows. My family made the switch to Ubuntu and love it.
>
>
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Subject:
> >[BLUG] Uptime wars
> >From:
> >Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org>
> >Date:
> >Mon, 2 Mar 2009 03:21:41 +0000
> >To:
> >blug@cs.indiana.edu
> >
> >To:
> >blug@cs.indiana.edu
> >CC:
> >
> >
> >suso@hector ~ $ uptime
> > 02:58:33 up 700 days, 22:53, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> >
> >Hector is the router on the old Suso network. So it does do a fair
> >amount of work. Unfortunately, I'll have to turn it off to move it to
> >the new network this week.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Subject:
> >Re: [BLUG] Uptime wars
> >From:
> >David Ernst <david.ernst@davidernst.net>
> >Date:
> >Mon, 2 Mar 2009 07:43:55 -0500
> >To:
> >Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> >
> >To:
> >Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> >CC:
> >
> >
> >I've managed some machines in my day with extremely long
> >uptimes... not sure if I ever made 700 days, but in that range.
> >
> >I always had mixed feelings about it, though: don't you worry after a
> >while about all of the kernel updates that you haven't applied?
> >
> >David
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:21:41AM +0000, Mark Krenz wrote:
> >
> >>suso@hector ~ $ uptime
> >>02:58:33 up 700 days, 22:53, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> >>
> >>Hector is the router on the old Suso network. So it does do a fair
> >>amount of work. Unfortunately, I'll have to turn it off to move it to
> >>the new network this week.
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Mark Krenz
> >>Bloomington Linux Users Group
> >>http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Subject:
> >Re: [BLUG] Uptime wars
> >From:
> >Matt Standish <mstandish@gmail.com>
> >Date:
> >Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:28:19 -0500
> >To:
> >Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> >
> >To:
> >Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> >CC:
> >
> >
> >I had an HP-UX machine reach ~800 days before. I had to reboot/reload
> >from tape after it was owned. After that I no longer cared about
> >uptime.
> >
> >
> >On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org> wrote:
> >
> >>suso@hector ~ $ uptime
> >> 02:58:33 up 700 days, 22:53, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> >>
> >>Hector is the router on the old Suso network. So it does do a fair
> >>amount of work. Unfortunately, I'll have to turn it off to move it to
> >>the new network this week.
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Mark Krenz
> >>Bloomington Linux Users Group
> >>http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
> >>_______________________________________________
> >>BLUG mailing list
> >>BLUG@linuxfan.com
> >>http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Subject:
> >Re: [BLUG] Uptime wars
> >From:
> >Steven Black <blacks@indiana.edu>
> >Date:
> >Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:42:11 -0500
> >To:
> >Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> >
> >To:
> >Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> >CC:
> >
> >
> >blacks@bell:~$ uptime
> > 10:33am up 1088 days 12:52, 7 users, load average: 0.22, 0.34, 0.31
> >
> >This is a Solaris 7 running on end-of-lifed hardware. We fully expect
> >that if it ever goes down it just won't be coming back up. We're in the
> >process of migrating from it.
> >
> >Since that isn't running Linux, I felt obliged to mention the next one.
> >
> >(omitted):~$ uptime
> > 10:33:50 up 1058 days, 23:35, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> >
> >This is a log vault. No ports open outside multiple firewalls. Only
> >two user accounts. The whole bit.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Steven Black
> >
> >On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:21:41AM +0000, Mark Krenz wrote:
> >
> >>suso@hector ~ $ uptime
> >> 02:58:33 up 700 days, 22:53, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> >>
> >>Hector is the router on the old Suso network. So it does do a fair
> >>amount of work. Unfortunately, I'll have to turn it off to move it to
> >>the new network this week.
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Mark Krenz
> >>Bloomington Linux Users Group
> >>http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
> >>_______________________________________________
> >>BLUG mailing list
> >>BLUG@linuxfan.com
> >>http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Subject:
> >Re: [BLUG] Uptime wars
> >From:
> >Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org>
> >Date:
> >Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:55:33 +0000
> >To:
> >Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> >
> >To:
> >Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> >CC:
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:42:11PM GMT, Steven Black [blacks@indiana.edu]
> >said the following:
> >
> >>blacks@bell:~$ uptime
> >> 10:33am up 1088 days 12:52, 7 users, load average: 0.22, 0.34, 0.31
> >>
> >
> > Wow, that's only a week away from 3 years. I guess you win. There are
> >some people online who report uptimes of 4-6 years though.
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Subject:
> >Re: [BLUG] Uptime wars
> >From:
> >Steven Black <blacks@indiana.edu>
> >Date:
> >Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:43:32 -0500
> >To:
> >Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> >
> >To:
> >Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> >CC:
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:55:33PM +0000, Mark Krenz wrote:
> >
> >>On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:42:11PM GMT, Steven Black [blacks@indiana.edu]
> >>said the following:
> >>
> >>>blacks@bell:~$ uptime
> >>> 10:33am up 1088 days 12:52, 7 users, load average: 0.22, 0.34, 0.31
> >>>
> >> Wow, that's only a week away from 3 years. I guess you win. There are
> >>some people online who report uptimes of 4-6 years though.
> >>
> >
> >Yeah, I know in the grand scheme of things, I'm just a small fry.
> >
> >I always heard rumors that it was the BSD folks that managed the truly
> >huge uptimes.
> >
> >In Linux it is possible, but you need to be careful that you've compiled
> >your kernel to only use absolutely the features you need, and then you
> >need to monitor the kernel security issues. Then once the system has
> >been up a nice long while you have the added concern that if you do
> >encounter a security concern that effects you, the rest of the system is
> >then old enough that you need to either back-port security fixes to the
> >earlier kernel line, or you need to upgrade the whole OS.
> >
> >Personally, I wish my uptime was smaller than this. I'm in the process
> >of migrating all my systems to Ubuntu LTS. I really like the prospect of
> >knowing exactly when the next release will be available. The short-term
> >releases can be used as early betas for the next LTS release, so you can
> >be aware of upcoming major issues with internal software well before
> >the OS is actually released. (Sometimes when software is being phased
> >out, or certain libraries are being updated it can cause quite a bit of
> >concern if you are not prepared.)
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Steven Black
> >
> >
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