Kernel.org Downtime Notice | Linux Today

Kernel.org Downtime Notice

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 1, 2008

“I and the other Kernel.org admins would like to announce
downtime for ALL kernel.org machines (this includes all of the
mirror machines, the public machines and the backend master). The
downtime is scheduled to start on or around April 2nd, 2008 on or
around 0001 UTC.

“After much deliberation, research and argument in #korg (along
with screaming matches between HPA and I over dinner) we are
upgrading the kernel.org machines from Fedora Core 5 to FreeBSD
7.0…”

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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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