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The Linux Kernel Mailing List is Down (lkml.org)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the funny-404s dept.

Every page on LKML.org is currently displaying this error message along with a picture of Flits the cat. What started out as a power outage while I was on vacation (leading to the computer hosting the backend of this site being unable to boot) became a larger issue as the mainboard in that computer appears to be broken.

Not wanting to let you wait for a spare part to arrive, I'm currently (while being assisted by our cat Flits) busy copying over all data to a VPS, and getting things working from there. The rsync is progressing slowly, having copied over the first 50% in three hours (at 14:30 CET). Please check back later for status updates.

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  1. Mailing lists != Websites by fisted · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So the LKML is operational, all that's down is a website. Meh.

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    1. Re: Mailing lists != Websites by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Indeed. The actual mailing list is hosted on vger.kernel.org, is operated by The Linux Foundation, and is running perfectly fine. lkml.org is an entirely separate third party service that is quite often slow and unreliable.

  2. Re: Come on guys. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Keep in mind that if they weren't cheapskates, they would pay for their OS, and wouldn't be using Linux to begin with.

  3. Cloud by 110010001000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why isn't this hosted on the Cloud or made into a Facebook Group?

  4. Re:Come on guys. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The site was literally running out of a closet in some random guy's house. The problem here goes a lot deeper than not having a spare lying around.

  5. Re:Nothing of value was lost by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 5, Funny

    No. This is serious. I understand that as a work-around, Linus had to go to the park and yell at strangers.

  6. LKML.org is not the actual list by pjbass · · Score: 3, Informative

    The lists are mostly hosted on vger.kernel.org. LKML is just fine. LKML.org is just a web archive.

  7. Re:Come on guys. by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Informative

    As others have pointed out, this isn't actually the mailing list, which is run in a much more resilient fashion. It's just a web archive of the list run by a guy as a hobby. Not nearly so critical.

  8. Re: Oh no by cyber-vandal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    FFS figure out how to turn off smart punctuation in your iOS keyboard settings before start sneering at anyone else.

  9. RIP Linux by guacamole · · Score: 2

    It was great while it lasted. I am very proud to have used it all these decades, but now it is time to move on.