Thread: Planned Server Downtime

You know what I found impressive was the server had been running for a year and a half since it's last reboot! - That's what I love about linux boxes, they just keep on going. Now I don't want to have a go at Microsoft as I don't manage any windows servers any longer(on the other hand, why not?) but I'd put money on it that if it was a windows server, I'd have encountered problems over that year and half span...

These days I've actually done what I never thought I'd do.. switch to a Mac for my main computer.. I don't look back at all! Feels like I get the best of both worlds.. A great underlying linux OS when I need it which provides stability and performance with a very pleasent to use UI on top. I made the switch about 6 months ago when my main computer was a dual monitor windows PC so quite a lot of wires and desk space taken up. I actually went out looking for a laptop upgrade but decided to have a play around on an iMac in the apple store when the macbook prices scared me and just found it very very easy to use.. They don't tell you but you have Apache/MySQL etc already running so setting up as a development machine was actually so much quicker than it takes on a windows box..

So these days I've turned into a Proud Mac user, something I never thought I'd say lol

As for the server issue I had, From memory I'm pretty sure the problem I had with the reboot was a semi bodged dist-upgrade and then got it running on the previous kernal and just left it as it worked and didn't want to cause any more harm!