---Original Message----- From: David Gould To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Monday, 11 August 1997 17:14 Subject: Re: Regular FAQ pointer required? >> > My computers average uptimes of at least a month, running Unix >> >of course, a Windows machine would probably crash out of bordem if left on >> >for an extended period of time. >> >> Some people say the stupidest things. >> >> My one Windows machine stays up for months on end. The other (the laptop) >> is on as needed (usually 8-10 hours per day). The other is off for weeks >> on end. My Linux machine gets reset regularly - at least once a week. > >Sorry, I know it's not on topic, but couldn't let this go. > >My primary work desktop is a Linux machine that used to run NT. When it ran >NT I had to reboot every week to reclaim memory leaked by NT. Under Linux, >the last time I shut it down (to move to a new building) it had been up >158 days. > Is Linux really the perfect solution in a GUI world? I'm aware of X-Windows, but does it have the diversity of apps that Windows has? Does it *never* have problems when a badly behaved app crashes? Somehow I doubt this. The original internet trojan horse took advantage of some holes in unix. Its unreasonable to expect that all bugs in unix have been fixed - just like its unreasonable to expect this in NT - a much newer os. I expect that when NT reaches the current age of unix, the kind of problems we are experiencing will be fixed (and replaced with newer, more subtle ones! ) MikeS