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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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After almost half a century, I'm still doing it... (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 week ago by ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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So I'm working on a server from home.

I do a cat /sys/class/net/eth0/operstate and it says unknown despite the interface being obviously up, since I'm SSH'ing into the box.

I try to explicitely set the interface up to force the status to say up with ip link set eth0 up. No joy, still unknown.

Hmm... maybe I should bring it down and back up.

So I do ip link set eth0 down and... I drive 15 miles to work to do the corresponding ip link set eth0 up

50 years using Unix and I'm still doing this... 😥

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

time to setup a console server so that you don't do that again.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Until they have to troubleshoot the console server ..

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

then setup a super console server. lol

[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have once actually used a console server console server to troubleshoot a misbehaving console server.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

i once worked at a place that had something like this and; it sounds silly; but i got a live demonstration that it was the smartest thing ever.

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's console servers all the way down (up?)

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

and you make each one geographically closer than the previous one until there's one right next to you. lol

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So that's why we have mobile phones

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

so long as you're mobile, any phone can become a mobile phone. lol

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Nah, you only need two, each connected to the other. Use one to work on the other.