On 04/03/2005 11:25:19 AM, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote:
It isn't about "average" times - it is about the psychological
effect.
Users hate waiting for computers. But they *do* accept *some* waiting
at
boot - up to a certain amount. So just showing them a desktop - even
if
there wasn't much that could be done yet.
There is nothing I hate more about Windows than not being able to start
stuff because the desktop is there before the OS has finished booting.
With Linux - I can see it hasn't finished booting and refill my coffee
or something - and when the login prompt is there, I can login and
stuff works.
Personally i think something should be done about the
prelink/updatedb-makes-computer-slow thing - it always happens when
it
is least convenient...
Yeah - booted the other day to burn a DVD iso for someone - updatedb
started just at the very end of the burn - making a coaster of a fc3
dvd.
I killed anacron after that.
I believe fcron - as a single app replacement for cron and anacron -
allows you to specify what scheduled tasks should be rerun if scheduled
when the machine was down. That would be nice. I suppose it could be
done by modifying the updatedb cron script to just exit if its after 5
AM but before 3 AM or something ...
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Michael A. Peters
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