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Beware of 2.6.23.x kernel on systems that were installed a long time ago

In a nutshell: If your system is kind of older than sarge (as in installation date, updates done in the mean time don't matter), beware of 2.6.23.x or update your grub boot sector, which Debian doesn't do automatically on package installation.

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exim4 vs. OpenSSL vs. GnuTLS

Judging from the long list of exim4 bugs, especially #446036, I find myself between a rock and a hard place, and having to choose between staying with GnuTLS and accepting a probably continuing flow of technical issues, or moving over to OpenSSL, setting an example against GNU software, and probably generating a new flow of license issues.

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