Re: Planned Downtime on 2018-07-24 and 2018-07-25

Our host, Pair.com , will be moving the machines from *BSD to Ubuntu.

I'm intrigued .. pair Networks has been a FreeBSD shop since way back when. I wonder what has prompted the move to Ubuntu.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.

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Re^2: Planned Downtime on 2018-07-24 and 2018-07-25 by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 24, 2018 at 14:40 UTC
As far as I am aware, it is mostly SPECTRE mitigation that prompts the move.	[reply]
Re^3: Planned Downtime on 2018-07-24 and 2018-07-25 by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 24, 2018 at 14:46 UTC
I don't blame them.	[reply]
Re^4: Planned Downtime on 2018-07-24 and 2018-07-25 by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jul 24, 2018 at 19:00 UTC
Spectre (security vulnerability) is more direct. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Planned Downtime on 2018-07-24 and 2018-07-25 by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 25, 2018 at 08:57 UTC