[Tfug] The 3.5.7 kernel

[erich]

Wow,
        Never thought I'd see it: defending Windows on a Linux listserv. 
Anyway
the slowness is attributable to the network that the box is attached to, and
that each user has a profile that gets downloaded at login. By "boot"
I mean the time interval when the box is turned on to the time you
actually produce something with it.
        While were on the subject I heard that certain Blackberry 
smartphones
were notorious for this. Owners tended to keep them on 24-7 rather than
contend with the onerous wait, (something like 3 mins),  for the thing to
boot up from off state.

Erich

Bexley Hall wrote:
> Hi Erich,
>
> On 3/22/2013 9:58 AM, erich wrote:
>
>> It takes about 10 seconds to boot up. In contrast my Windows XP system
>> at work takes the better part of 30 mins.
>
> Shirley you jest!  *30* minutes??  I think my XP machines take
> a bit over 90 seconds "from power on" to a Windows login.
> But, that includes POST and the probes of two or three SCSI
> buses (notoriously slow operations with Windows HBA's).
>
> "Worst" device, here, is my "universal" (PROM) programmer.  It
> boots off a 720KB (!) floppy and takes a full *6* minutes before
> it's finished loading the software and ready to talk to the user.
> 720KB / 360 seconds... sheesh, you could probably *count* the
> bits (by hand) as they crawl by!
>
> <frown>
>
> Heaven help us when these folks start designing engine control
> units:
> "Bob, why are you sitting in the car?"
> "I'm heading out to buy a gallon of milk.  I'm just waiting for the
> car to finish booting up..."
>
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