Is how quickly it boots up and shuts down. None of that annoying hourglass that goes on FOREVER after Vista or even XP have come up.
Is how quickly it boots up and shuts down. None of that annoying hourglass that goes on FOREVER after Vista or even XP have come up.
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
You should try Windoze "sleep" mode. On and off almost instantly. :monkeydance:
Managing widows services and controlling what loads on boot up can cut that time almost in half.
Sleep mode was already pointed out by kf0rt.
I gave up widows services on New Years last year. :whistle
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Same thing with Linux. Sleep = Almost instant load.Originally Posted by kf0rt
i gave up windows years ago.Originally Posted by kf0rt
I AM THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS!
Yea, I use sleep mode for this very reason. Still, there eventually comes a time when a new boot is mandatory. And someday, I suppose that I'll figure out how to control what loads and what doesn't, and what to load and what not to load....I know there's probably a bunch of stuff there to ease the problem....but I'll probably be 100% linux before that happens. I'd rather devote my "learning to administrate" time and energy into becoming a linux/unix guru. Almost there....I'm at the wizard level...but it's at the guru level where you really know how to do stuff, and that's what I aspire to!
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
For what loads, and what doesn't:Originally Posted by W1GUH
http://ubuntu-tweak.com/2007/09/30/how- ... asily.html
In reality, you don't need much running. Ie, you can turn off tty's on all the consoles, save one (Unless you're a power user, but I only leave two starting), if you don't have a printer - Goodbye Cupsd. Bluetooth on a computer? Hasta la vista! Braille services? Nope. Not blind last I checked - Salud!
You can get a very snappy system after turning lots of this stuff off, even switching windows managers (I use FluxBox).
Oh...I was talking about Windows' slow startup and shutdown. Linux is speedy just as it is...no tweaking necessary. Sorry for the confusion.
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.