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LM Forum Down Again Today...
Earlier today, Linux Mint Forums was down again, along with the LM blogs area, for several hours.
Ordinarily, I wouldn't really be complaining, but what kind of irks me is this isn't a rare occurrence. I've noticed periodically throughout the year it will go down for no particular reason. Sometimes the forum, while otherwise up, becomes non-responsive.
Sometimes when the forum is down, it works with Firefox but not with Chrome. Or, it's not accessible from my computer but it is from my phone. Or, it's inaccessible via my ISP but not my smartphone network connection.
What in the world is up with whomever is hosting this message board? I can't recall, in my many years of being on the Internet — even in the bad old days of dialup — this being a common thing for message boards.
Ordinarily, I wouldn't really be complaining, but what kind of irks me is this isn't a rare occurrence. I've noticed periodically throughout the year it will go down for no particular reason. Sometimes the forum, while otherwise up, becomes non-responsive.
Sometimes when the forum is down, it works with Firefox but not with Chrome. Or, it's not accessible from my computer but it is from my phone. Or, it's inaccessible via my ISP but not my smartphone network connection.
What in the world is up with whomever is hosting this message board? I can't recall, in my many years of being on the Internet — even in the bad old days of dialup — this being a common thing for message boards.
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Re: LM Forum Down Again Today...
It was down for me too.
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back on Tuesday - - it was down for myself,,
& it seems that there were few others, on-line,, apart from myself
as for Today:
& it seems that there were few others, on-line,, apart from myself
as for Today:
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] - when your problem is solved!
and DO LOOK at those Unanswered Topics - - you may be able to answer some!.
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What's weird is that the main Mint site was up the whole time. Also, I was frequently checking the site https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/ and it never showed this site being down. At first, I thought it was just me - maybe a browser issue - but my phone was having the same problems.
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In my experience it goes down several times a day, every day, but usually just for a minute or two. Often it's regional so you can access it from another region's VPN or Tor exit node. Some issue with the CDN I guess.
The main site is on a different server.ajgringo619 wrote: ⤴Thu Mar 28, 2019 11:51 pm What's weird is that the main Mint site was up the whole time.
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.
Does this mean this forum website use host or servers run by non-free Cloud Service Providers.? If so, the LM team could have used their own computer servers = more reliable and cost less in the long run but more work.
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Sure, we do that. The repositories are hosted on my phone and the forums are hosted on Clem's fridge - since the bandwidth is low they go down when he goes to get a drink~michael louwe wrote: ⤴Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:40 am Does this mean this forum website use host or servers run by non-free Cloud Service Providers.? If so, the LM team could have used their own computer servers = more reliable and cost less in the long run but more work.
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the Company that does supply the Sucuri server, - as an server for the LinuxMint Project:
- has been an Official Sponsor of the Project, for some time now.
- has been an Official Sponsor of the Project, for some time now.
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] - when your problem is solved!
and DO LOOK at those Unanswered Topics - - you may be able to answer some!.
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No, a special eco-friendly FOSS hosting phone, to update the repositories I just need to turn the crank:
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"There is, ultimately, only one truth -- cogito, ergo sum -- everything else is an assumption." - Me, my swansong.
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Update your fonts.
"There is, ultimately, only one truth -- cogito, ergo sum -- everything else is an assumption." - Me, my swansong.
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I would really like to have an emoji available that depicts "I'll get my coat "
Where I live , the last Friday of the month is always " off topic posting day " .....
..... I'll get my coat !
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This is the best response post I've read on LMF in a while. Thanks for the laugh!
Indeed.
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Recommended keyboard layout: English (intl., with AltGR dead keys)
Podcasts: Linux Unplugged, Destination Linux
Also check out Thor Hartmannsson's Linux Tips YouTube Channel
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Only just noticed this .
Thank you kindly ..... I'm obliged to you !
That probably says far too much about the type of person who would be pleased by such a thing ...
..... meaning myself , of course
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If sites like https://downinspector.com/check/https:/ ... uxmint.com or https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/ show the sites up maybe you just need to delete your browser cache and cookies. Doing that has fixed my page loading issues many a time. Not on this site though (never had downtime on LM), but might help.