Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Chris Rowson
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Simon Wears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Yes, the first thing I did was check for a BIOS update to solve my > problems. It currently has 512mb RAM in it, because that's all I have spare > for it at the moment, but I plan on putting about 4G into it soon, when I > hav

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Simon Wears
Yes, the first thing I did was check for a BIOS update to solve my problems. It currently has 512mb RAM in it, because that's all I have spare for it at the moment, but I plan on putting about 4G into it soon, when I have time to go buy some. So, I figure its worth installing the 64 bit version for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Chris Rowson
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Rowson wrote: > > [...] > > I've always used 32bit edition on servers myself. I've heard horror > > stories about perl scripts using twice as much memory under 64bit etc, > > etc I've never tested PAE with more than

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Tony Travis
Chris Rowson wrote: > [...] > I've always used 32bit edition on servers myself. I've heard horror > stories about perl scripts using twice as much memory under 64bit etc, > etc I've never tested PAE with more than 4GB of RAM - I had heard > about the single process limitation, but as I only

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Chris Rowson
> > > [...] > > Doesn't the Hardy server kernel have Physical Address Extensions support > > enabled by default? That'd grant support for up to 64GB RAM on the 32 > > bit version of Ubuntu. > > Hello, Chris. > > Yes, we're running 8.04.1 LTS with PAE enabled on servers with 8GB RAM > and I've test

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Tony Travis
Chris Rowson wrote: > [...] > Doesn't the Hardy server kernel have Physical Address Extensions support > enabled by default? That'd grant support for up to 64GB RAM on the 32 > bit version of Ubuntu. Hello, Chris. Yes, we're running 8.04.1 LTS with PAE enabled on servers with 8GB RAM and I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-02 Thread Chris Rowson
> > > So, long story short: > > > > 32 bit or 64 bit server, and 8.04 or 8.10? > > Do you want stable (8.04) or something a bit more recent (8.10) ? > > How much memory do you have? If you want to use anything more than 4GB > RAM then you'll need the 64 bit version. For a server I'd probably go > w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-02 Thread Rob Beard
Simon Wears wrote: > Stability is more important for me. The machine currently has only 512mb > of RAM (stolen from my desktop) but I'm headed to the shop tomorrow to > pick up 1Gb or 2Gb of RAM. > I'd say stick 32-bit on it unless that is you need to run a specific application that requires a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-02 Thread Rob Beard
Simon Wears wrote: > I went down to MicroDirect earlier today, and bought myself a shiny new > Intel Quad Core Q6600, clocking at 2.4Ghz per core. I was so happy to be > finally replacing my 2.6Ghz Celeron (single core), which struggles to > even do 2+2 it seems. I got back into my flat, and rep

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-02 Thread Simon Wears
Stability is more important for me. The machine currently has only 512mb of RAM (stolen from my desktop) but I'm headed to the shop tomorrow to pick up 1Gb or 2Gb of RAM. 2008/12/2 Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2008/12/2 Simon Wears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > So, long story short: > > > > 32 bit or 64

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-02 Thread Lucy
2008/12/2 Simon Wears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So, long story short: > > 32 bit or 64 bit server, and 8.04 or 8.10? Do you want stable (8.04) or something a bit more recent (8.10) ? How much memory do you have? If you want to use anything more than 4GB RAM then you'll need the 64 bit version. For a

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-02 Thread Simon Wears
I went down to MicroDirect earlier today, and bought myself a shiny new Intel Quad Core Q6600, clocking at 2.4Ghz per core. I was so happy to be finally replacing my 2.6Ghz Celeron (single core), which struggles to even do 2+2 it seems. I got back into my flat, and replaced the CPU, only to find ou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-29 Thread Tony Arnold
Chris, On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 15:31 +0100, Chris Jones wrote: > Tony Arnold wrote: > > Sad indeed, but I'd like to know how these machines were compromised. In > > In case you'd not seen it linked to elsewhere: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2007-August/001510.html Thanks,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-29 Thread Chris Jones
Hi Tony Arnold wrote: > Sad indeed, but I'd like to know how these machines were compromised. In In case you'd not seen it linked to elsewhere: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2007-August/001510.html The machines were not owned or managed by Canonical, just paid for. (I speak h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-16 Thread Matthew East
On 16/08/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Press fodder. Set them up high and then knock 'em down. It makes news > on the way up, and also on the way down. > As Ubuntu gets higher profiles as I am sure It will, it is going to > happen much more. A tribute to growing fame. I would be a bit hap

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-16 Thread alan c
Chris Rowson wrote: >> alan c wrote: >> > Ubuntu Servers Hacked >> > http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1341224 >> > >> > >> > If this is true it is pretty sad. It will take some time for >> > confidence to be regained. What a gift (or a result?) for the opposition! >> > > I think th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-16 Thread Chris Rowson
> alan c wrote: > > Ubuntu Servers Hacked > > http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1341224 > > > > > > If this is true it is pretty sad. It will take some time for > > confidence to be regained. What a gift (or a result?) for the opposition! > I think that too much is being made of the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-16 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, alan c wrote: > Ubuntu Servers Hacked > http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1341224 > > > If this is true it is pretty sad. It will take some time for > confidence to be regained. What a gift (or a result?) for the opposition! Sad indeed, but I'd like to know how these machi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-15 Thread alan c
Jim Kissel wrote: > > alan c wrote: >> Ubuntu Servers Hacked >> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1341224 >> >> >> If this is true it is pretty sad. It will take some time for >> confidence to be regained. What a gift (or a result?) for the opposition! > > It was a case of self

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-15 Thread Jim Kissel
alan c wrote: > Ubuntu Servers Hacked > http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1341224 > > > If this is true it is pretty sad. It will take some time for > confidence to be regained. What a gift (or a result?) for the opposition! It was a case of self inflected injuries. Using FTP

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu servers hacked?

2007-08-15 Thread alan c
Ubuntu Servers Hacked http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1341224 If this is true it is pretty sad. It will take some time for confidence to be regained. What a gift (or a result?) for the opposition! I was recently trying to reduce my ignorance about security by asking questions