[CentOS] Centos versions in the future?

Thu Jul 8 13:55:38 UTC 2021
Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>

On Thu, Jul 08, 2021 at 08:39:19AM -0500, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
> Well, I fled servers from CentOS to FreeBSD almost a decade ago. And
> actually not From CentOS per se, but from Linux. One of the reasons
> was: every 45 days on average: glibc or kernel update —> reboot. One
> of my friends started using word “Lindoze”. Linux is perfect for
> number crunchers and workstations. FreeBSD is waaay better for
> servers. In my book that is. 
> 
> Just straightening small nuance.

If you aren't rebooting your FreeBSD systems regularly, you're just as
vulnerable.

https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/

I see one less than 45 days ago that requires a reboot because of a
kernel security measure bypass.

Long uptimes are a thing of the past.  Build redundancy into your
infrastructure so you can handle reboots.

-- 
Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>