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> Everyone keeps telling me how brave I am. I have to say, it doesnt seem |
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> that way to me. Ive got a second drive (exact mirror of the first, same |
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> size) rsyncing every night (over to another server). That is my current |
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> backup solution. I havent had to go to it once. Since I set this up as a |
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> server and started getting these users I havent had a single outage that |
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> wasnt a problem with power (we had 2 real bad storms over the last month |
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> that took out power for 5 hours each, my UPS only does 3 hours tops for |
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> the 3 systems it runs.) Other than that, it has run flawless, and you |
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> want brave. emerge -up world shows nothing right now. It is as up to |
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> date as possible without gcc 3.2. Not a single problem. |
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> Gregg |
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I'm agreeing with you Gregg. The office server I admin has had no |
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problems in almost a year save power outages. While not as up-to-date |
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as yours, it is more recent than a stock 1.2 installation. There is |
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nothing wrong with the stability of Gentoo. The only problem is that |
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Gentoo requires you to use your brain else it will happily let you shoot |
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yourself in the arse. Once you get your server running the way you |
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like, just keep your hands off of it. Just because Gentoo puts out |
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software upgrades as soon as they are available does not mean that you |
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have to install them. I only upgrade software on the server when it |
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fixes a problem that affects me or provides a new feature that I need. |
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What I don't need is a distro telling me what versions of software that |
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I can or cannot run. If I wanted that, I'd be running Debian or Suse or |
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whatever. One of the points of Gentoo is that you make your box the way |
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that you want it. So if you want a stabile box, set it up and then |
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leave it alone. And don't whine because Gentoo releases a new version |
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of software with less testing than you care for. They're providing for |
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others to make their boxes the way they like them as well. What? That |
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newly released update has a feature that you need but you're afraid to |
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install it because the developers didn't do enough testing on it first? |
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Be glad they did release it. Dozens of guys that enjoy living on the |
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edge will get it tested faster than the developers could have done on |
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their own. Just sit back and monitor the lists until you're satisfied |
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that the new release is usable for you. |
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Ok, off my soapbox for now... |
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