A "Never Reboot" Service For Linux 321
An anonymous reader writes "Ksplice, the company based on the MIT Ksplice project, is now offering its 'never reboot' service for Red Hat, Debian, and other Linux distros. You subscribe and get real-time kernel security updates that apply in-memory instead of rebooting. Last summer we discussed the free service for Ubuntu. Cool tech, but will people really pay $4 a month for this?"
Hell yeah! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Rebooting is a Good Thing... (Score:3, Funny)
....How often have you seen someone add a service to a machine which becomes a critical part of your infrastructure then they forget to add it into the RC system?
Um, never?
That might work for you (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Huh? (Score:3, Funny)
I just place blame on the user. And when they get defensive, I point out their defensiveness as proof of their guilt. Pretty soon, they learn not to complain.
Re:They better be encrypted! (Score:5, Funny)
Why not just compile the kernel locally, like normal people do
Um. Someone else want to break the news, or should I just go ahead and tell him?
Re:Huh? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So instead of doing it right... (Score:2, Funny)
I'm waiting for Haiku.
There's probably no such thing as the perfect desktop. Probably not even the least-worst. I've been using Linux exclusively on my desktop machines for 15 years or more, and it suits the way I work. Over the last 4 years or so I have also got to like OS X on my laptop machines, but that is partly because these are hand-me-down machines. If I were to actually take the trouble to buy a laptop, I would probably persist with Linux again. As for Windows, I find myself getting cranky and frustrated every time I have to use it, so generally I avoid it.
But if you want Haiku, here's one:
Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
Re:They better be encrypted! (Score:5, Funny)
Ok, I'll do it.
Dear Hurricane78,
please, do not be alarmed. You suffer from an interesting form of amnesia that makes you believe we are still living sometime in February 2010. You also thought that J Cameron's (not to be confused with the late 20th-century fictionfilmer J Cameron. This one is more like the factfilmer D Attenborough) documentary on our early days on Pandora was syfy. But that's ok.
The fact is, however, that these days, normal people run "stock" kernels provided by "distros". It works pretty well and we think Linux is almost "ready for the desktop" now. If only we could get multiple monitors to work....
While we're at it, I should also tell you that Ubuntu is no longer with us. They never really recovered from the unexpected Crappy Century bug after it's version numbers began to repeat in the early 2100s, turning almost all computers into a "Warty".
This may all come as a shock to you. But do not worry. The nature of your amnesia means that you will very soon - right about now in fact - have convinced yourself that this post was humorous in nature and not actually reflective of reality. Trust me, many wish they could live in your world. The end of the 20th/beginning of the 21st century was the highlight for the human race. In fact, many of us are currently working on a project - codename "Charging" - that would result in the creation of a VR set in this glorious era. Like "Second Life", only more immersive. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and figure out where we'll get the energy to power this VR from....
Re:So instead of doing it right... (Score:3, Funny)