>From what I can tell is boils down to how services are started. For instance MS Windows (Solaris and Debian Linux as well) will start services in parallel as best they can. I have found on Windows system the computer is still doing things once the login appears. However Fedora and most other Linux distros start services serially, one at a time. Once you get a login on Linux the computer is ready for anything you can throw at it. - Jamie Bohr On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 07:32:18 -0500, Brian Craft <javaman67@xxxxxxx> wrote: > M. Fioretti wrote: > > 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. > > > -- > > Brian Craft > > Jabber id: javaman67@xxxxxxxxxx > Linux Counter id: 97873 > > Linux......the OS of Choice! > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
