Re: Not Much Linux Stuff of Late

On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:08:11 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:

>> Does anybody really care about boot times anymore? *nix uptimes can
>> generally be measured in months or years,
>
> Huh, no. Only servers do that.

There is a certain enterprise-class server that I have had dealings
with. The Linux part of the boot is actually very fast: it’s getting
through all the BIOS stuff that can take a minute or two: something
about PXE boot, and the storage manager, and who knows what else -- a
whole series of points where different keys can be pressed to enter
various pre-boot functions.

So people like Poettering spend effort on getting your Linux system to
boot fast, and the people who build the “enterprise-class” hardware
just throw that all away ...