On Saturday 05 March 2005 07:32, Brian Craft 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. > And you are a perfect candidate to be running einstein@home. They may as well be doing research in the eons worth of cpu time in between your keystrokes. > >Brian Craft > >Jabber id: javaman67@xxxxxxxxxx >Linux Counter id: 97873 >Linux......the OS of Choice! -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.34% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
