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Questions tagged [stability]

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What does it mean for a Linux distribution to be stable and how much does it matter for casual users?

What exactly is a "stable" Linux distribution and what are the (practical) consequences of using an "unstable" distribution? Does it really matter for casual users (i.e. not sysadmins) ? I've read this and this but I haven't got a clear answer…
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Is there a distro-agnostic configuration management software?

I don't want to label myself to specific configuration-manager modules like Ansible's apt module or yum module. Is there a distro-agnostic configuration management software, or at least one with distro-agnostic code to install the following packages…
user149572
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MCE error: MCA: Internal parity error

I have an unstable machine running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS which passes 9 hours of memtest86. I get these: Hardware event. This is not a software error. MCE 0 CPU 1 BANK 0 TIME 1414735539 Fri Oct 31 17:05:39 2014 MCG status: MCi status: Corrected…
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Is it safe to set a cron job for apt-get upgrade?

Is it a good idea to create a cron job for apt-get update; apt-get upgrade for my webserver? So not apt-get dist-upgrade.
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Does cron jobs per se represent a significant burden on a modern system?

I'd like to run a pretty simple script (is there a dir with name x in dir y if so move it to dir z–and x will only be there about once a day) every 15 seconds or so (one minute divided into 4*15 seconds). Does running cron jobs like that (where the…
user36719
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How important is os-variant for kvm configuration?

When searching the internet one can always read that specifying os-variant is important so KVM can optimize the guest system. Nowhere did I find an article, manual or documentation stating how important this option is in kind of performance,…
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Apache/Nginx document root environment-variable

Apache/Nginx "default" document root path is usally /var/www/html but theoretically this could change tomorrow. Having a distro-default and communally-maintained environment variable for it (instead of creating one myself, lowercased of course so I…
user149572
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Is it a best practice to use Ansible-Galaxy roles in playbooks instead ansible-modules in playbooks?

I have an Ansible playbook for establishing LAMP environments on remote machines. Part of this playbook deals with installing Composer: - name: Install Composer get_url: url: https://getcomposer.org/installer dest: /tmp/composer-setup.php …
user149572
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Changing PHP's post_max_size and upload_max_filesize with Ansible

Is there a way to change the two famous PHP variables post_max_size and upload_max_filesize in php.ini in a version-agnostic way with Ansible? I didn't find any literature covering this and it seems wired to me because no company, let alone mega…
user149572
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Why does my linux keep crashing?

I am running Debian 6.0 Squeeze. Every half hour or so a dialog pops up on the side of my screen with the message - Kernel failure. A report has been sent to the developers to help them fix the error. (Not the exact text but that's what it…
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My Fedora 13 crashes several times a day

Reported bugs through bugzilla, anything else I can do? I'm actually a bit disappointed as a friend of mine is a network admin and he told me they have a linux server that has not been rebooted for a few years now, so why is mine crashing so often?…
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Should I have intel-microcode installed if my UEFI/BIOS is regularly updated (new machine)?

Hardware: Dell Inspiron 15 Gaming 7577, model number 7577-92774 (new machine). System: I am testing Linux Mint 19 Beta based on Ubuntu 18.04. I have an Intel Kaby Lake CPU: Intel© Core™ i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (Ark Intel). I am curious as to what…
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How dangerous is it not to load `seccomp` rules for LXC containers?

Context In my "quest" to get LXC to run on Raspbian I may be forced to disable loading the seccomp configuration at container startup, by commenting it out in /usr/share/lxc/config/debian.common.conf: # Blacklist some syscalls which are not safe in…
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Does Linux run correctly with SpeedStep on Broadwell?

In this web article "Working Around The Intel Core i7 5775C Broadwell Stability Issue On Linux", the author indicates that he and others have seen stability problems when running Linux on Broadwell-microarchitecture i7 processors. I am having…
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What does stable mean in the context of Debian stable?

I run Debian stable, but occasionally my entire system freezes up -- the mouse doesn't respond to anything I do, etc. and it usually requires a restart. Another minor issue is that Nautilus' search functionality seems to be totally broken. These…
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