Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late

On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:54:46 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> 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.

I cycle through the mini, a couple of laptops, and a tower. I might 
shutdown one of the laptops if I'm taking it on a field trip. The LUG 
suspended meeting for the summer so that hasn't happened recently. 

I tend to have different projects on the different machines. Most involve 
a MCU plugged into a USB port so it's easier to sort out. I assume 
plugging in another would come up on /dev/ttyACM1 rather than ACM0 but I 
never tried.