[rescue] Various machines for sale

[Alexander Jacocks]

I’ve gotten to be paranoid enough that I reboot on every kernel patch. Not 100% necessary, I know, but I had a router penetrated (evil Netgear silently stopped updates on recent hardware) and someone used that to attack my NAS. I now use multiple lines of defense at home.

- Alex

> On Jan 10, 2025, at 2:21 PM, Phil Stracchino via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
> 
> On 1/10/25 13:04, Dave McGuire via rescue wrote:
>>> On 1/9/25 17:45, Joshua Boyd via rescue wrote:
>>> A common idea in Linux these days is that it is good to reboot
>>> moderately frequently (say monthly at least).  Maybe they are just
>>> trying to encourage that?
>>    These kids today.  Maybe they're just trying to keep "up" with
>> Windows.  My desktop system's uptime usually runs about two years.
>> Outside-facing servers are a different story though.
> 
> 
> My servers generally get rebooted on kernel or glibc updates, or if there's a problem.  My *desktop*'s most common cause of reboot is "The nVidia driver updated.  *Again*."
> 
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