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Re: [LUG] OS Architecture

 

I agree,  I ran apt-get update or dist-upgrade and X broke,,  so this is 
important, 

Paul

>
>But my main message is that one can over value uptime, over good
>maintenance. Rebooting after upgrades is also a good way to make sure
>the upgrade won't stop the machine coming up later when you get the
>inevitable power interruption or need to power down when the upgrade is
>long forgotten except for the administrator diary or notes.
>
>The other lesson I learnt the hard way, is when working on machines you
>don't know well it can pay to reboot and make sure it comes up clean
>before applying any changes. Otherwise you'll assume you broken
>something, which was in fact already broken.
>
>  
>


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