PSA: CentOS 6 - END OF LIFE - 30th November 2020
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Just a reminder, it is less than 60 days away, to some people this post will be a source of confusion... WHAT, people still run CentOS 6???
Well, old habits die hard, it is shocking how many people would still be running on centOS 5 if they could get away with it.
Well as of November 30th centOS 6 dies with CentOS 5, I would suggest hosts stop offering it as a template/ISO now in advance.
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We need a hall of shame for providers still offering outdated images. Bonus points for installing an outdated image as the default.
Uh oh.. on the Other Green forum, there are a few providers who still offer U 14.04, Deb 6, and so on...and shared hosting providers who are still offering PHP 5.x.
Logically, the hall of shame should be for clients, not the providers (not that I care either ways)
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A leading telecommunication company in my country uses CentOS 6 in their servers.
How do I know? Because I have worked on those shitty box and begged them to upgrade. But you know, If it ain't broken (at least can be solved with duct tape), don't fix it.
edit: spelling
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No outdated image by default. If a specific client wants it, open a ticket and their account can install outdated image.
We can also have a Speed Record for when providers add newest stable images.
⭐⭐⭐ within 7 days
⭐⭐ within 30 days
⭐ more than 30 days
Seeing there are people who cling to Windows XP, not too surprising.
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Windows XP something something, windows 2008.
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Some ATMs and airlines (self check in kiosks included) run on Win XP.
Do not disparage
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Most ATMs in the UK still run on Windows NT...
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I miss the good old days of windows nt
Frankly, it's beyond me why anyone would install CentOS 6 on a new VPS/server in 2020 anyway.
ATMs and the like that run crucial legacy software are a different story, and presumably, there are special (expensive) contracts for maintaining and safeguarding such systems.
"A single swap file or partition may be up to 128 MB in size. [...] [I]f you need 256 MB of swap, you can create two 128-MB swap partitions." (M. Welsh & L. Kaufman, Running Linux, 2e, 1996, p. 49)
could we implement an 8-day week from now on? To find the time to update everything?
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You should update everything in production on Friday at 17:00.
You used to work for HP as well then?
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I prefer updating first thing Monday morning albeit a little early. If things went out of control well you atleast had the whole team to work with and get a solution sooner than later.. but it's just me.
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Bonus if Monday is a holiday and you have a long weekend.
Controlled use of CentOS 5 is beneficial.
https://github.com/phusion/holy-build-box
Even better, update on Christmas Eve. The next workday for most people would be January 2.
No.
What if "whole team" is only yourself?
Then...
"It is what it is"
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