Here's my "two cents worth":
One of the main reasons I can't really recommend Linux to my
customers as a solution is because of Linux's inability to gracefully
recover from not being shut down properly.
I would like to see someone set up a distribution that, when shut
off without the "shutdown" command (as in a power failure, or user
stupidity), will recover reasonably.
I have on too many occasions seen Linux machines shut off
improperly and never run again until the OS is re-installed.
I admit, sometimes, it will do it. But sometimes isn't good enough.
As much as I dislike Windows, I can always count on Windows
coming back from this kind of situation. It will complain, run
scandisk, and come back up. You might have some application
files corrupted, but at least the OS will run.
You can put a zillion features into it, with the greatest installers,
but, in my opinion, you won't be viable until this hurdle is jumped.
I really don't know enough about the inner workings of the OS to
know why it's like this, but there must be some way to fix it.
Perhaps a journaling file system? I really don't know the answer,
but somebody must.
Bruce Endries
Bruce Endries Consulting
(607) 433-2677
