linux doesnt need ctrl alt del?? ha!

Ryan Mesler yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sat Mar 30 02:57:00 2002


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everyone seems to assume that since i said linux does need =
"ctrl-alt-del" that i seem to think linux is a piece of unstable shite =
that shouldnt be tinkered with. thats the problem with society today.

sigh... i knew i shouldna let it go for this long. oh well... people! =
just because i said linux crashes from time to time doesn't mean i'm an =
incompetent fool who needs to take a "linux course".

for starters, i have never had a kernel panic. almost, but not quite. =
most of my crashings are a result of stuff i attempt to do in X.

for those out there who say linux doesn't ever crash... well... leaving =
a linux box to fend for itself while it serves webpages or internet =
connections to others doesn't count. i can have my windows box do the =
very same thing and it won't crash either (yes, i have. really). try =
using the gimp to create webpages while compiling a new kernel with =
mpg123 blasting mog radio in the background. at the same time, =
enlightenment is powering my 8 desktops each with it's own high quality =
1mb bg image and each running an instance of either xchat, aim, licq, =
xbill (i like xbill) opera, gkrellm, epplets, etc.

yes i know. windows and macOS are 100% NOT able to accomplish such a =
feat. Linux is. s'why i love linux. s'why i embraced the penguin oh so =
many years ago. sure, i did it for the eye candy (partly). say whatcha =
want. linux is the greatest.

and btw... don't ever ever tell me to take a linux course.


Ryan Mesler
Technical Support
Internet America

If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0

ICQ: 45088864
AIM: Kraylus
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Romeyn Prescott=20
  To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com=20
  Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 11:19 PM
  Subject: Re: linux doesnt need ctrl alt del?? ha!


  Somewhen around 7:27 PM -0600 3/29/02, a person believing themself to=20
  be Ryan Mesler scribbled:
  >saying that linux doesnt need ctrl-alt-del is a crock. linux needs it =
just
  >as much as any other OS. the great stories if this wonderfully stable =
OS i'd
  >heard many moons ago were nothing more than a fallacy.
  >

  Well, lessee here:

  My PowerBook G4 (Mac OS X):
  bash-2.05$ uptime
  12:05AM  up 8 days, 12:53, 1 user, load averages: 0.93, 0.81, 0.63
  (Unprecedented with OS 9)

  My Linux desktop at work (Gateway E-3200, RH7.2):
  [prescor@digirom prescor]$ uptime
    12:14am  up 46 days,  1:26,  5 users,  load average: 1.38, 1.23, =
1.19
  (Add 30 or so onto that.  I only had to shut it down to move to a new =
office!)

  My home Firewall/router/fileserver (netatalk/samba) (Pentium 120, =
RH7.2):
  [prescor@Foundling prescor]$ uptime
     1:01am  up 51 days, 16:22,  1 user,  load average: 0.06, 0.03, 0.01

  My campus mail server (Gateway server, RH7.X):
  bash-2.04$ uptime
    12:07am  up 112 days,  5:22,  2 users,  load average: 0.02, 0.08, =
0.08

  Our main student fileserver (Dell server, RH7.X):
  bash-2.05$ uptime
    12:08am  up 128 days, 12:55,  2 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.01, =
0.03

  Our DNS server:
  bash-2.05$ uptime
    11:54pm  up 216 days,  7:05,  1 user,  load average: 1.39, 1.21, =
0.91

  And last, and CERTAINLY not LEAST, our print job accounting server:
  bash-2.05$ uptime
    12:11am  up 339 days, 18:27,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, =
0.00


  Not stable?  HAH!  I can count the number of kernel panics I've=20
  experienced on one hand, and most of THOSE were due to HARDWARE=20
  failure (bad RAM, etc.) and NOT software.

  But of course, Your Mileage May Vary.  And it seems like it does!

  Cheers,
  ...ROMeyn
  --=20


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<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2>everyone seems to assume that since i =
said linux=20
does need "ctrl-alt-del" that i seem to think linux is a piece of =
unstable shite=20
that shouldnt be tinkered with. thats the problem with society=20
today.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2>sigh... i knew i shouldna let it go =
for this=20
long. oh well... people! just because i said linux crashes from time to =
time=20
doesn't mean i'm an incompetent fool who needs to take a "linux=20
course".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2>for starters, i have never had a =
kernel panic.=20
almost, but not quite. most of my crashings are a result of stuff i =
attempt to=20
do in X.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2>for those out there who say linux =
doesn't ever=20
crash... well... leaving a linux box to fend for itself while it serves =
webpages=20
or internet connections to others doesn't count. i can have my windows =
box do=20
the very same thing and it won't crash either (yes, i have. really). try =
using=20
the gimp to create webpages while compiling a new kernel with mpg123 =
blasting=20
mog radio in the background. at the same time, enlightenment is powering =
my 8=20
desktops each with it's own high quality 1mb bg image and each running =
an=20
instance of either xchat, aim, licq, xbill (i like xbill) opera, =
gkrellm,=20
epplets, etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2>yes i know. windows and macOS are =
100% NOT able=20
to accomplish such a feat. Linux is. s'why i love linux. s'why&nbsp;i =
embraced=20
the penguin oh so many years ago. sure, i did it for the eye candy =
(partly). say=20
whatcha want. linux is the greatest.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2>and btw... don't ever ever tell me to =
take a=20
linux course.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Ryan Mesler<BR>Technical Support<BR>Internet America</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>ICQ: 45088864<BR>AIM: Kraylus</DIV>
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: linux doesnt need =
ctrl alt=20
  del?? ha!</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>Somewhen around 7:27 PM -0600 3/29/02, a person =
believing=20
  themself to <BR>be Ryan Mesler scribbled:<BR>&gt;saying that linux =
doesnt need=20
  ctrl-alt-del is a crock. linux needs it just<BR>&gt;as much as any =
other OS.=20
  the great stories if this wonderfully stable OS i'd<BR>&gt;heard many =
moons=20
  ago were nothing more than a fallacy.<BR>&gt;<BR><BR>Well, lessee=20
  here:<BR><BR>My PowerBook G4 (Mac OS X):<BR>bash-2.05$ =
uptime<BR>12:05AM&nbsp;=20
  up 8 days, 12:53, 1 user, load averages: 0.93, 0.81, =
0.63<BR>(Unprecedented=20
  with OS 9)<BR><BR>My Linux desktop at work (Gateway E-3200,=20
  RH7.2):<BR>[prescor@digirom prescor]$ uptime<BR>&nbsp; 12:14am&nbsp; =
up 46=20
  days,&nbsp; 1:26,&nbsp; 5 users,&nbsp; load average: 1.38, 1.23, =
1.19<BR>(Add=20
  30 or so onto that.&nbsp; I only had to shut it down to move to a new=20
  office!)<BR><BR>My home Firewall/router/fileserver (netatalk/samba) =
(Pentium=20
  120, RH7.2):<BR>[prescor@Foundling prescor]$ uptime<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
  1:01am&nbsp; up 51 days, 16:22,&nbsp; 1 user,&nbsp; load average: =
0.06, 0.03,=20
  0.01<BR><BR>My campus mail server (Gateway server, =
RH7.X):<BR>bash-2.04$=20
  uptime<BR>&nbsp; 12:07am&nbsp; up 112 days,&nbsp; 5:22,&nbsp; 2 =
users,&nbsp;=20
  load average: 0.02, 0.08, 0.08<BR><BR>Our main student fileserver =
(Dell=20
  server, RH7.X):<BR>bash-2.05$ uptime<BR>&nbsp; 12:08am&nbsp; up 128 =
days,=20
  12:55,&nbsp; 2 users,&nbsp; load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.03<BR><BR>Our =
DNS=20
  server:<BR>bash-2.05$ uptime<BR>&nbsp; 11:54pm&nbsp; up 216 =
days,&nbsp;=20
  7:05,&nbsp; 1 user,&nbsp; load average: 1.39, 1.21, 0.91<BR><BR>And =
last, and=20
  CERTAINLY not LEAST, our print job accounting server:<BR>bash-2.05$=20
  uptime<BR>&nbsp; 12:11am&nbsp; up 339 days, 18:27,&nbsp; 1 user,&nbsp; =
load=20
  average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00<BR><BR><BR>Not stable?&nbsp; HAH!&nbsp; I =
can count=20
  the number of kernel panics I've <BR>experienced on one hand, and most =
of=20
  THOSE were due to HARDWARE <BR>failure (bad RAM, etc.) and NOT=20
  software.<BR><BR>But of course, Your Mileage May Vary.&nbsp; And it =
seems like=20
  it does!<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>...ROMeyn<BR>-- <BR><BR><BR>signat-url: <A=20
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