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Wikimedia Simplifies By Moving To Ubuntu

David Gerard writes "Wikimedia, the organization that runs Wikipedia and associated sites, has moved its server infrastructure entirely to Ubuntu 8.04 from a hodge-podge of Ubuntu, Red Hat, and various Fedora versions. 400 servers were involved and the project has been going on for 2 years. (There's also a small amount of OpenSolaris on the backend. All open source!)"

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  1. Re:And? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    In related(ly boring) news, Sun Microsystems replaced 200 old worn-out keyboards on their office workstations. Also, a handful of Microsoft employees patched their OSes, and some guy in Phoenix got a paper cut on his finger.

  2. Re:And? by Spatial · · Score: 3, Funny

    My finger hurts too. You know those bits of skin just above and behind your nails? Part on that the left side of my left index finger has gotten torn a little and now it's like a flap. The problem is, I don't need to alter the aerodynamics of my finger because I can't fly. It's really just painful, instead of useful, like on an aeroplane.

    Actually, does anyone know how that happens?

  3. Re:And? by EvilRyry · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure Xorg and KDE4 are high on their priority list for their web servers.

  4. Re:And? by David+Gerard · · Score: 5, Funny

    You wouldn't believe how much nicer Squid and MySQL look in Compiz.

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  5. Re: Wikimedia Simplifies By Moving To Ubuntu by nick+graham · · Score: 5, Funny

    [citation needed]

  6. whoa. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you want to play timestamps, my first recorded edit was December 2002

    BIG, big fan of your work. Your edits are bar-none, the most fappable out there. When do you plan on adding more pics to your profile?

  7. Re:And? by ZarathustraDK · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously, every "Off-topic"-modded post I've seen is only -1.

    Perhaps it's for the best, as a -5 offtopc-mod would surely catch the attention of everyone. Oh look at this (_(_) (_|_) (_)_) Da Buttdance!

    NO! NOOO! DON'T MOD ME -5 OFF-TOPIC!

    Disclaimer: Been drinking too much Chimay tonight.

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  8. Re:And? by Randle_Revar · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is a lot longer than 1 year

  9. Re: Wikimedia Simplifies By Moving To Ubuntu by kesuki · · Score: 3, Funny

    nice, but you forgot the big one.

    "the neutrality of this article has been disputed"