4 Jan
2016
4 Jan
'16
3:56 p.m.
On Monday 04 January 2016 16.40:20 midi-pascal wrote:
Boot time has come up on various lists for years.
I must say I never understood the point, especially for Linux.
(...)
A power failure or a major version upgrade are the
only occasions for a
reboot on my Linux boxes.
I use Linux on Desktops. I don't let the computer run when I'm not at home /
not working (that would mean using energy for nothing 80% of the time).
Another situation is Linux on a laptop (I don't use laptops so often, so I
shut them down when not).
This being said, boot time was almost never a big deal - it's so little
compared to use time.
I loose more time when the system hangs, or some process uses all the power,
or when I need five minutes to figure out how some "genius" managed to
redesign a command that worked perfectly in the old way.
Everyone should keep an old machine at home. I've spent some time with an
Amstrad PC 1512 recently and I can tell you my Linux machine is _very_ fast
compared to this :)
It was fun to run these old programs however!
Thierry