End of an era

Fincuan · 06-25-09, 07:27 AM

Had to do it now because of changing apartments... I just pulled the plug on my trusty Debian-box(P2-200mhz) that served me well in varies serving duties since 2005. It ran non-stop, without rebooting, for the last two+ years until ending it's career a few minutes ago.

Something with a lower power consumption will probably replace this old dinosaur, but the OS won't definitely change

Arclight · 06-26-09, 09:07 AM

That's an impressive career. Win7 won't stay up for 2 weeks without acting up.

Fincuan · 06-27-09, 03:20 PM

Hehe, haven't even dared to try keeping a consumer-level Windows up for two weeks

The best thing about Linux-distros: Most are free. With some work you've got an excellent OS for a server, or with almost no work at all(at least Ubuntu is easier to install than Win7) you've got a great OS for your desktop. Hell, you can even install some distros straight from Windows with Wubi and similar programs. I'm only keeping Win7 for gaming, but for all other uses it's great. For example all the good free non-linear video-editing programs are only for Linux(Cinlerra, Cinelerra-CV, Kdenlive, etc).

Arclight · 06-27-09, 03:34 PM

I'm a gamer first, geek second, so I'm stuck with Win. Tried a number of different distros, but in the end getting games to run was a pita, so back I went.

Still use a Fedora live-cd now and again though, to analyse systems that don't boot OS anymore. Pretty handy to boot an OS from the CD.

06-25-09, 07:27 AM	#1
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	End of an era Had to do it now because of changing apartments... I just pulled the plug on my trusty Debian-box(P2-200mhz) that served me well in varies serving duties since 2005. It ran non-stop, without rebooting, for the last two+ years until ending it's career a few minutes ago. Something with a lower power consumption will probably replace this old dinosaur, but the OS won't definitely change

06-26-09, 09:07 AM	#2
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	That's an impressive career. Win7 won't stay up for 2 weeks without acting up. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

06-27-09, 03:34 PM	#4
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	I'm a gamer first, geek second, so I'm stuck with Win. Tried a number of different distros, but in the end getting games to run was a pita, so back I went. Still use a Fedora live-cd now and again though, to analyse systems that don't boot OS anymore. Pretty handy to boot an OS from the CD. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

06-27-09, 03:20 PM	#3
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Hehe, haven't even dared to try keeping a consumer-level Windows up for two weeks The best thing about Linux-distros: Most are free. With some work you've got an excellent OS for a server, or with almost no work at all(at least Ubuntu is easier to install than Win7) you've got a great OS for your desktop. Hell, you can even install some distros straight from Windows with Wubi and similar programs. I'm only keeping Win7 for gaming, but for all other uses it's great. For example all the good free non-linear video-editing programs are only for Linux(Cinlerra, Cinelerra-CV, Kdenlive, etc).