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September 28, 2006
Running Underwater
Reboot Boy is a guy who works in a typical office. He supports "end users", not with application support, but with Microsoft Windows operating system problems. All he does all day long is say, "Reboot" or "you need to power off". Application support requires a real technical person to get involved. Then, the real technical person calls Reboot Boy for yet another technical assessment - which always requires another Reboot.
I must be missing something - these people spend more time rebooting than working.
I have a dedicated Linux box I use for a firewall - I've booted it once in the last 7 years, 2 months, and that is because I lost power. My goal was forever. Missed it by no fault of the operating system.
I also have a Database server running Linux, an Application server running Linux, and a Data Warehouse running Linux. They have never required a reboot. This stuff will run underwater.
The damn things are like the Energizer Bunny - they just keep going and going and going and running and running and running.
You can't do that with a Windows box.
One thing, in a nutshell, is that the Graphical User Interface (GUI) is PART of the operating system in Windows...in Linux, it is not...so in Linux, you just kill the misbehaving application (the GUI), and restart it. The operating system never goes down.
Now, why didn't I think of that?
Posted by Yabu at September 28, 2006 12:10 PM | General
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Good to see you back Yabu. I don't know why you didn't think of it, but I didn't because I didn't understand a word you said after, Reboot. In my old office, we definitely spent more time rebooting than working on many a day.
Posted by: Libby at September 28, 2006 12:51 PM
And to think...Mr. Gates is the richest man in the world. Piffle!
Posted by: tony at September 28, 2006 04:43 PM
Bah. Windows Server 2003 owns u
*ducks*
hahahaha!
Posted by: Braden at September 28, 2006 09:35 PM
I can wedge my Ubuntu box by hitting Ctrl-Alt-F1 in the GUI. What should give me a text console gives me a black screen and quality time with the reset button.
I do believe that would be the ATI drivers fucking with me.
Posted by: Rube at September 29, 2006 07:48 AM
I waited for this? Go back on break, man.
Posted by: velociman at September 29, 2006 08:50 AM
