On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 22:29, Han Boetes wrote: > Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 19:41, Han Boetes wrote: > > > > > mayor problem since linux is not a reboot OS. > > ^^^^^^^ > please quote carefully. This hardly reflects what I said.
Uh? It's exactly what you said. You argued that bootup time is irrelevant "since linux is not a reboot OS". I point out that there are perfectly normal real-world situations in which end users do in fact boot Linux frequently. Where's my flaw? > > Well. It's certainly designed to be capable of running more or less > > perpetually, that's true. That doesn't mean that's how people use it, > > though. I boot my system at a minimum once a day, because I power it off > > every night in order to save power. I expect most non-geek home users do > > the same with their systems. > > You just repeat an already used argument. Whether or not it's already used is irrelevant; it's not one I've seen *refuted*, which is all that matters. -- adamw
