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Ramesh

3:23 AM

If I edit a post and that post gets removed in future, will there be any reputation loss?

Seth

3:34 AM

Gotta love a little Linus humour: plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/Q5NvgeyoejQ

@Ramesh Yes, the 2 reputation you earn will go with the post.

Ramesh

@Seth oh yeah. We get +2 for approved edits. I had completely forgotten it after joining the 10k club ;P

Seth

;)

Stéphane Chazelas

10:51 AM

@Gilles Not sure what you're trying to say. Was not aware there was a voting limit. I created that account to make a point some time ago as you know. And yes, if I ever get to use it again, that would probably be for some other form of abuse ;-b

LifeH2O

Hi Everyone!

Is there a way to run a Gui application (X11) in background

So that if I disconnect, I can resume the running app again?

I am using SmarTTY

When I run a Gui application (e.g. gnome-help) it starts Xming server and displays its window.

I want to keep it running even if I disconnect, crash or close ssh connection. So that I can get back to running applicaition later

I have tried 'screen' and '&'

Gilles

@StéphaneChazelas Having multiple accounts is ok but only if you never use them to do things that you coulnd't do with a single account. Most of these things either leave public traces (e.g. using account 1 to accept an edit from account 2, casting a close vote on the same post from both accounts) or are related to voting.

The best way to make it clear that you aren't abusing the second account with anything voting-related is not to vote at all from your second account.

Sippy

Hi guys, do you advise here? Got a query that isn't really suitable for main.

Gilles

The voting limit is 40/day (less if you don't vote on enough questions), I'm surprised you've never run into it, I do so pretty often

@Sippy ask, don't ask whether you can ask. Worst thing is we'll tell you to post it on the site.

Sippy

@Gilles Just wanted to be sure, been shouted at for asking in rooms that aren't for support before :D

Basically I have a linux box, I am fairly noob at administrating it.

It's using a ridiculous amount of bandwidth every month and there's pretty much nothing running on it.

Is it likely that it's compromised, or is there something I've done wrong, possibly?

I was trying to set up iftop to see where it was all going, but failed setting it up because I am a Windows user. :D

Gilles

11:06 AM

@Sippy the only way to know is to analyze the traffic. Preferably from a proxy that sits between the box and the internet: if the box is compromised, the traffic may be hidden from reporting tools.

Sippy

@Gilles Right, do you have any links or anything I can use to get my head around that?

Gilles

First step would be to say what kind of services your box runs (web server? mail server? bittorrent?)

Sippy

Just teamspeak at the moment :/

I had gameservers running on it but they lag, I think partly due to this issue.

Gilles

I have to go now, I suggest that you write things down: what services you're running, what information you have on bandwidth, what makes you think it doesn't fit with intended usage, your firewall configuration, any logs/traffic analysis you already have. Then ask what tools to use to investigate further.

Sippy

@Gilles Sure, thanks man.

Stéphane Chazelas

11:52 AM

@Gilles Are you saying that you are Gilles, Tom Leek, and Thomas Pornin (and have a sleeping disorder and/or are AI), and that I̶y̶o̶u̶we're having this conversation to convince people that y̶o̶u̶I a̶r̶e̶am not m̶e̶you? :-)

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Gilles

@StéphaneChazelas No, I'm only Gilles. Thomas is Tom and Thomas.

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