On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:00:55 -0600, Terry Porter wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:20:40 +0000, Gregory Shearman wrote:
>
>> On 2008-11-28, Terry Porter <linux-2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:39:07 +0000, Gregory Shearman wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2008-11-28, Terry Porter <linux-2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:26:29 -0500, Sandeep Kumar wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't disagree with you on your statements, but I wouldn't go as
>>>>>> far as to say an expert.
>>>>>> That would be Gentoo or Linux from scratch.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know about LFS, but this is a Gentoo quad core workstation:-
>>>>> tp@gronk1 ~ $ uname -a
>>>>> Linux gronk1 2.6.23-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 7 01:24:52 EST
>>>>> 2008 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel
>>>>> GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>> You are running an old kernel on that workhorse.
>>>
>>> Yeah, but it's a production box, I'll upgrade the kernel when there is
>>> a feature I can't live without.
>>>
>>> This Linux box processes WiFi orders every day, designs networks and
>>> draws them, it is used to write crappy Perl code and do 100 other
>>> tasks.
>>
>> Hmmm. That's what I thought. What ain't broke don't need fixin'.
>
> I simply don't have the time, and cannot afford a minutes downtime, which
> of course, I *never* get. This is Linux, nor Windows.
>
> The kernel may be a bit behind, but portage is totally up to date, and
> revdep-rebuild shows no problems.
>
>>
>>> I'ts bloody good, and improving all the time.
>>
>> It's great how during an update, when portage itself is updated, the
>> whole portage update is stopped and reloaded using the new portage.
>
> Yes, it's impressive to see.
>
> So is pkgSRC (NetBSD package manager), it's even more fun to watch. It
> will go to a repo, check the versions of the package available and select
> one that meets the criteria. its very entertaining to watch.
What about security fixes?
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