Are we not doing kernel upgrades?
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Was about to say, "or if you're running Arch, the last time you updated the kernel or systemd version, so probably last week or summit."
Yeah thatโs about the only time I have to do reboots at work which are 99% linux. Well the production ones anyway.
Or the other reason is my lab having power issues due to malfunctioning UPSes, faulty NEMA L6-30 plugs, janky 240v circuit breakers orโฆ Iโm beginning to think my lab is electrically cursed.
While technically the truth, it can be a hassle to make sure you restart all relevant services after updating a given library.
I just like being able to restart underlying system to take care of any possible straggler without thinking, and the services broadly be provided by multiple systems so the "experience" is starting up through a rolling reboot
Pretty sure everybody is missing the joke. The joke is that Debian packages are so stable and stale that you likely will need a reboot before an update.
Also, it's a joke....please patch your boxes, k?
I've got a patch in my boxers right now.
Oh boxes.
I got obsessed with uptime in the early 2000s, but for my desktop Slackware box. It ran a bunch of servers and services and crap but only for me, not heavy loads of public users. Anyway, I reached 6 years of uptime without a UPS and was aiming for 7 when a power outage got me.
Skill issue. Next time you can open up the computers power supply while itโs running, splice in a second power cable, and attach a UPS without powering down or getting electrocuted.
For legal reasons, /s
Not sure what your signature is supposed to do here but now I have 3rd degree burns and a fireball has engulfed my office wall
But more importantly, did your uptime get reset?
Or if you have a UPS and backup generator or a house battery (do these need a UPS as well still?) it will tell you how long since you setup the system.
I would suspect you would still want a UPS. I don't think house "power" setups have the switch over speed even if they're automatic. Most home generator setups are manual not sure about battery setups.
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โUptimeโ โ aka the anxiety meter for every sysadmin.
Can I ask, what is the advantage of a Debian server over a True Nas one? Asking because I set up True Nas and wondering if I should switch it to Debian
True nas is nas software that moonlights as a server. Debian is a linux distro commonly used as the operating system for servers due to its incredible stability and reliability among other things. So reliable infact that it's used as the operating system for true nas scale! So unless your using the core version (that runs bsd) then your already using it. As far as rawdogging Debian on your hardware goes, id recommend against it unless you're looking to seriously up your admin game. No web interfaces, lots of time in the terminal ( command line ) and more configuration files than is anyway reasonable. And we haven't even started on virtual machines like proxmox ( also Debian based! ) or container critters like docker and kubernetes. (Iirc true nas uses kubernetes under the hood)
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Debian is well known for maintaining established packages in its repos. This means that all of the software is thoroughly tested, and therefore (usually) stable; however, the software in question is generally older, so it also means that sometimes you'll have to find your own approach if you want to run any newer services.
Configurability? I mean Truenas Scale is also based on Debian, but it's an appliance software, if you want NAS it's purpose made for that. You need to configure Debian yourself if you want functioning NAS.
I still remember when TN doesn't have native Tailscale apps/docker yet and everytime there's a Truenas update I need to reinstall and set up Tailscale from scratch.
If you just need a NAS with basic apps/docker, there is no reason to just use Truenas.
I use both, but run a Technitium DNS and Frigate on bare Debian.
At some point when I am less busy again I think I am gonna swap back to a debian based system because my experience on arch and red hat systems just hasnt been as good (this may be because I started on Debian based systems and keep trying to use commands that dont work on the other ones out of muscle memory)
I get bored every so often and move all the important stuff to an external drive or a separate internal one and completely change my os
I am on manjaro but I have also run arch, red hat, void, mint, Debian, Ubuntu and a bunch of others that I either put on laptops or something similar as messing around with devices
Tails and slitaz have to be my favorite to run from a USB but peppermint isn't the worst
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how long since the boss has been asleep so you can finally restart without them calling two seconds later cause they didn't bother reading the scheduled downtime email
Does NixOS apply kernel updates live? I can't recall from when I used it.
Mine doesn't. I reboot when I get a new kernel.
Thatโs ridiculous. Itโs much more complicated than that.
You need to check NUT.
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step 1: sudo apt install sl
step 2: fuck up
step 3: ???
step 4: profit!!!!
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How do I check when the last power outage was if it's connected to a UPS?
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