[Gllug] Random freezes

[Jack Bertram]

* Joel Bernstein <joel at fysh.org> [050124 16:39]:
> I'd suggest you buy the smallest, cheapest second-hand PC box you can
> lay your hands on, install a barebones linux, secure it appropriately,
> and run syslogd [in network mode] on that. If you have a spare Pentium
> or better under the stairs gathering dust, this is the perfect use for
> it.
> 
> Syslogd + logwatch etc won't cripple even an old 486. Your only real
> concern is providing enough disk to hold a week or two's logs.

My other home Linux box is a P200, so this would be ideal - I just
hadn't thought it worthwhile running up the noise and electricity
overhead just to do remote logging.  But perhaps I should do it in the
short term till I figure out what the problem with my main box is.

jack
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