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Re:Blog ran on Ubuntu 16.04 for 10 years. I migrated it to F... by not_kurt_godel on Thursday May 21, 2026 @06:55PM (#48229821)
Good on ya. Personally I'm happier with my extra ~$6k, sparing of however many hours of pointless maintenance work over the years, and 100% uptime over past/present/future even if I go into a coma.
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Re:Blog ran on Ubuntu 16.04 for 10 years. I migrated it to F... by nozzlegear on Thursday May 21, 2026 @07:24PM (#48230017)
> and 100% uptime over past/present/future

On GitHub?!

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Re:Blog ran on Ubuntu 16.04 for 10 years. I migrated it to F... by not_kurt_godel on Thursday May 21, 2026 @07:52PM (#48230214)
S3+CloudFront. GitHub Page's mere 99.9999999% uptime is only for the weak-minded, of course.
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Re:Blog ran on Ubuntu 16.04 for 10 years. I migrated it to F... by Gud on Friday May 22, 2026 @02:44AM (#48232781)
You are vastly overstating how much maintenance a FreeBSD box has.
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