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Geez, I'm running 5.8.1. Why is RHEL so slow?
by chromedev 6y ago
Geez, I'm running 5.8.1. Why is RHEL so slow?
- SteveNuts 6y agoStability for enterprise customers is priority #1
- chromedev 6y agoI don't think running older software automatically equals stability, and is a false sense of security. There are a lot of tools and techniques to automatically handle issues with software that are transparent to the end user.
- maltalex 6y agoThe very definition of stable is "not changing". Running an old, battle hardened kernel that gets the occasional bug fix/security patch is about as stable as you can get in software.
- chromedev 6y agoWhich dictionary? Stability doesn't mean the software can't change. It has more to do with not being broken, than not changing. The latest stable Linux kernel is 5.8.3.
- usefulcat 6y agoStability and security are two different things.
- chromedev 6y agoIn this instance I meant security, as in to feel secure. Like a security blanket.
- washadjeffmad 6y agoThis is true if the software isn't being maintained. I rely on a few deprecated utilities that are stable in the very limited sense that they will likely never break on their own in the current way they are being used. They doesn't mean they're not currently vulnerable. Systems are as stable as their most vulnerable components. I don't think that's a contentious notion at all.
- brian_herman__ 6y agoThey maintain their own tree and backport the necessary features.
- folmar 6y agoAlso 2.4 and 2.6 is _really_ rock solid. Things were at a slower pace back then.