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> Yup, that's a *1999*-vintage kernel running since summer '02.  It's not
> especially insecure, though, because it only runs Samba and a backup NTP
> server.  So long as that old kernel will keep running whatever security-patch
> level of these apps is required, I don't need to reboot.  RAID also
> contributes to long uptime.
> 
My point was that many Linux crashes are related to hardware/software 
conflicts, or immature drivers. FreeBSD avoids this by NOT striving to 
support the latest and greatest, or the obscure.

-joe





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