[Klug-general] [Klug-General] More free stuff

[Martin A. Brooks]

George Prowse wrote:
>>> You dont need to keep updating Gentoo, some people on production servers will do it once a year
>>>     
>>>       
>> Then they have badly maintained systems.
>>   
>>     
> Orly? So all those servers running 2.0, 2.2, 2.4 kernels are badly 
> maintained? 

I don't beleive I said "People with servers running 2.0, 2.2, 2.4 
kernels are badly maintained".  I have very well maintained systems 
running 2.4 series kernels.

> Maybe you should go and tell them?
>   

Security updates happen all the time. 

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel-server-errata.html
http://www.debian.org/security/
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?dis=2009.0

If you're updating once a year then, yes, you have a badly maintained 
system as your server may be carrying a known vulnerable exploit for 
quite some time.


>> Perhaps not suitable for younger persons but  http://funroll-loops.info/
>>   
>>     
> Ah yes, a great page created by someone whose linux knowlege was so poor 
> he couldn't get Gentoo working. Awesome.
>   

Do you have a citation for that assertion?


> Do you have something against Gentoo or are you in a bad mood?

Mu.