Wikimedia Simplifies By Moving To Ubuntu

David Gerard writes "Wikimedia, the organization that runs Wikipedia and associated sites, has moved its server infrastructure entirely to Ubuntu 8.04 from a hodge-podge of Ubuntu, Red Hat, and various Fedora versions. 400 servers were involved and the project has been going on for 2 years. (There's also a small amount of OpenSolaris on the backend. All open source!)"

Re:And?

[Anonymous Coward]

In related(ly boring) news, Sun Microsystems replaced 200 old worn-out keyboards on their office workstations. Also, a handful of Microsoft employees patched their OSes, and some guy in Phoenix got a paper cut on his finger.

Re:And?

[Spatial]

My finger hurts too. You know those bits of skin just above and behind your nails? Part on that the left side of my left index finger has gotten torn a little and now it's like a flap. The problem is, I don't need to alter the aerodynamics of my finger because I can't fly. It's really just painful, instead of useful, like on an aeroplane.

Actually, does anyone know how that happens?

Re:And?

[EvilRyry]

I'm sure Xorg and KDE4 are high on their priority list for their web servers.

Re:And?

[David Gerard]

You wouldn't believe how much nicer Squid and MySQL look in Compiz.

Re: Wikimedia Simplifies By Moving To Ubuntu

[nick graham]

[citation needed]

whoa.

[Anonymous Coward]

If you want to play timestamps, my first recorded edit was December 2002

BIG, big fan of your work. Your edits are bar-none, the most fappable out there. When do you plan on adding more pics to your profile?

Re:And?

[ZarathustraDK]

Seriously, every "Off-topic"-modded post I've seen is only -1.

Perhaps it's for the best, as a -5 offtopc-mod would surely catch the attention of everyone. Oh look at this (_(_) (_|_) (_)_) Da Buttdance!

NO! NOOO! DON'T MOD ME -5 OFF-TOPIC!

Disclaimer: Been drinking too much Chimay tonight.

Re:And?

[Randle_Revar]

It is a lot longer than 1 year

Re: Wikimedia Simplifies By Moving To Ubuntu

[kesuki]

nice, but you forgot the big one.

"the neutrality of this article has been disputed"