tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210075784363570204.post7714042665158389615..comments2008-06-10T06:24:30.387-07:00Comments on Open Source Opportunities: Rebooting LinuxJames Mortensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14761411429474089032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210075784363570204.post-38680991129958349672008-06-10T06:24:00.000-07:002008-06-10T06:24:00.000-07:002008-06-10T06:24:00.000-07:00I just installed Ubuntu 8.04 on my PC as a dual-bo...I just installed Ubuntu 8.04 on my PC as a dual-boot with XP. My uptime records show that this instance has been running for 14 days, 18 hours, and 57 minutes. I installed this 17 days ago, so I know what you mean about stability.The system has run out of memory once due to Firefox memory leaks, but it recovered quite gracefully when I killed the process.As far as plug and play is concerned, James Mortensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14761411429474089032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210075784363570204.post-39498564302423851812008-06-10T01:05:00.000-07:002008-06-10T01:05:00.000-07:002008-06-10T01:05:00.000-07:00I stand to be corrected, but the last time I check...I stand to be corrected, but the last time I checked, Red Hat-style machines could stand to be rebooted after "yum update" installs a new kernel. Otherwise the system keeps going with the old kernel (according to what 'uname' reports).And once or twice I've had stupid (and physically inaccessible) hardware (a PCMCIA modem which shall remain nameless) that needed to be reset by being switched offAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com