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In praise of Linux. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by JoMiran@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I just need to gush for a minute. I am about to shutdown my server in order to move it to the basement. This off the shelf $300 desktop running Pop!_OS is my self-hosting server that has dutifully done it's job without a single complaint. It has been rebooted maybe three times since 2020 and it currently has an uptime of 840 days. That's 840 days of not ever thinking about this thing. It self updates via Cron jobs and just...works.

I am afraid to open the box up though. Those dust bunnies must be huge.

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[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Crazy how did it update without a reboot?

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pop_OS was updated regularly. The kernel version changed to the latest one once it booted up in the new location. It was probably live on 6.0.9 before the move since that was the last one I recorded.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Oh 6.0.9 ! I thought 6.9. 6.0.x is extremely old

But as you said the machine is only with all your shady IOT devices that makes it kinda better I guess

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It was 6.9.3 once I booted after the move. I assume it had been updated but waiting for a reboot to use the new kernel. Until I rebooted, it was probably still running on the 6.0.9 image.

If uptime and having the latest kernel ever becomes something I care about for this server, I might switch to Ubuntu Pro. It is free for personal use and it includes kernel livepatching. I can't imagine why I would need it for this use case though.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Livepatching is pretty cool.

But arent your services autostarting? Why not configure apt-automatic to do a reboot on kernel updates?

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I am a control freak when it comes to my systems. I don't like them doing their thing on their own schedule. The network servers (Thinkpad Thinstation and a Raspberry Pi) controlling access, DNS, etc. are updated and rebooted regularly but in a staggered order so that my network is never down. One kicks off at 05:01 and the other at 05:31. Five in the morning is normally the time when I can't function, so it is the best time for a break. Not even my insomnia can withstand 5AM.