Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late

Chris Ahlstrom <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:54:46 -0400
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
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John Ames wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS (fixed):

> On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:34:13 -0400
> Chris Ahlstrom <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> > Does anybody really care about boot times anymore? *nix uptimes can
>> > generally be measured in months or years, and off an SSD even my
>> > pokey little Eee 904 (running Devuan with sysvinit) goes from zero
>> > to display manager in less than a minute.  
>> 
>> I care about boot times for my main laptop, as I don't use the
>> suspend or hibernate functionality.
>
> Far be it from me to tell you how to use your machine...but I'm curious
> why you wouldn't?

Why would I, when it takes about ten seconds to boot?

Cleans out the kruft :-)

I use it for a couple hours, then go to my main machine (an
always-on mini PC) to continue.

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