On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 06:26:30 AM -0500, Brian Craft (javaman67@xxxxxxx) wrote:
In the Linux world, the bootup time is such a small slice of the pie since it's not done as often, because it's not needed as often.
This is not true. More exactly, it is only true in the Linux _server_ / _workstation_ world. A home or SOHO office desktop is only powered up, on average, 2 or respectively 8 hours a day.
I know several companies where turning off the box when you go home is an official policy, and most adults I know use the home pc only a few hours in the weekend, because they already surfed the Net during lunch break to get movie schedules and such.
In these cases keeping the box 24h/7 on is dumb. Why should I (generic home user, no guru, who wants the PC do things for him, not the contrary) not turn it off as soon as I've finished? Why should I consume 6 times more electricity, or expose 6 times more my data and the rest of the Net to attacks to/from my PC coming from the fact that I'm not paid to be a security professional?
Saying that "in the linux world, bootup still is such a small slice of the pie" is a sure way to keep linux confined in the server/hackers for hacking pleasure niche. Whether one cares is another thing, of course.
Ciao, Marco F.
Well, I for one, run 3 linux machines at home on a network with a router NAT firewall (DSL connection) and leave all 3 on 24/7 365 days a year. I'm not worried about electricity, as I'd prefer the convienence of unlocking a screensaver and have instant access. And for as exposing my data, well it sounds like you need a lesson in securing your internet connection. I also work in a corporate setting (Windows XP) and one of the reasons they say to shut down is to refresh the memory/system resources at the end of your workday so the local support team doesn't get a lot of calls on slow running systems. Of course this is a Windows system resource issue, and is less a problem for linux.
To each their own, I prefer linux in a home setting and execpt for a kernel update, these computers don't get turned off, and I've had no security issues, for the last 6 years while running linux behind a good firewall.
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Brian Craft
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