> I dunno the nomenclature Ben, I'd noticed -- you find a problem with something (here, Linux takes some time to shut down properly), think of some tangentially related words you've heard in a similar context somewhere, and quote that as the reason. Net result is that those of us who do know what's going on get a good laugh, so thanks for that.
> all I know is that it takes > Linux much longer to shut down than it does for dr-dos to > boot, which makes the switch back to dos inconvenient. Well, yes, but then DOS is an oddity in that real OSes require a shutdown procedure of some sort -- even DOS with a disk cache needs some sort of proper shutdown, even if it's waiting for the prompt to reappear. It's because there are programs running that will have files open for writing (syslogd for one), or that are providing services (inetd) or might have open network connections (ftpd). If you don't like it, don't run those programs. > As for the fact that the rest of the world has gone GUI, Who said they have? I said nearly everyone has seen the advantage of a real operating system with real process control and real memory management. Regards, Ben A L Jemmett. (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/) To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
