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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/12/2013 09:33 AM, Lennart
Poettering wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, 12.03.13 09:13, Steve Clark (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sclark@netwolves.com">sclark@netwolves.com</a>) wrote:
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<pre wrap="">How many times do you boot your system each day? 10? Okay thats a
whole 20 additional seconds.
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This is way up on my list of most non-sensical arguments about building
OSes, right next to "Linux is about choice".
This bullshit about "boot times don't matter" is just entirely bogus,
and it doesn't get better by constant repitition.
Fast boot times matter on desktops, they matter on embedded, they matter
on mobile, they matter or servers, they matter everywhere.
Fast boot times matter to dual-boot users, they matter to everybdoy who
doesn't run his system 24/7, they matter in container setups, they
matter in HA setups, they matter in the cloud, they matter for people
who update their system, they matter to people with discontiniuous power
supplies, they matter to provide users with a sane user experience.
Fast boot times save you time and energy. They increase reliability, and
applicability.
Fast boot times improve the first impression our OS makes on people.
And yes, I know that some BIOSes suck, and are slower than the OS to
boot. But that's -- for once -- something that *does* not matter, and is
no excuse for having everything else to be slow, too. The Windows 8
certification *requires* fast POST from all machines, and so, it's only
getting better, and we should do our bit about it.
You know: *you* might not need fast boot. *Your* systems you might not
reboot only every other week. *Your* server system might have a very
slow BIOS POST. But we don't do this OS for *you* alone. Fedora has a
certain claim of universality. And that's why fast boot matters to
Fedora.
Lennart
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How in the hell does 2 more seconds when booting a Desktop make any
difference in an 8 to 10 hour<br>
day that the computer is going to be up. Go get a cup a coffee! <br>
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You keep touting window 8 - maybe you should just use it an leave
Linux alone!<br>
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