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Re: [News] [Linux] Getting faster and Faster... Linux Launch Time Improved

[H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
> Verily I say unto thee, that B Gruff spake thusly:
>> On Wednesday 16 May 2007 20:00 amicus_curious wrote:
>> 
>>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:294841770.jPWKYmI0jJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> OpenSuse plans to massively improve boot time
>>>>
>>> Did you screw up the party line here?  I understood that your claim is
>>> that
>>> Linux doesn't need rebooting at all.  You need to get your story together
>>> and make sure everyone is on the same page.
>> 
>> One word:-
>> 
>> Laptop
>> 
>> Now, would you like to try again, you stupid little sod?
> 
> I shut down my workstations at the end of the day too, just leaving the
> servers on. No point in wasting energy and contributing to the
> destruction of the environment, is there? That Microsoft's department.
> 

One nice feature of linux which I use here is that you can easily set a
cron job to shut machines down at certain times of the day, with the
sure knowledge that they will actually shut-down.  As you say, it
contributes well to reducing global warming, saving energy and the
planet generally.

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