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Booting Linux Faster
krony writes "IBM's DeveloperWorks explains how to decrease boot times for your Linux box. The concept is to load system services in parallel when possible. Most surprising to me is the use of 'make' to handle dependencies between services." The example system shown is able to cut its boot time in half, but the article stresses the effectiveness can vary widly from machine to machine.
well its a good thing windows boots fast.....you gotta reboot the damn thing enough :-P
The general public doesn't hate stability, but the general public does hate snideness.
If I want to join a club (ie: a community of linux users) where the price of knowledge is either A) being laughed at before being helped, or B) Dozens of hours of reading (countless more if you wish to learn to debug compilation errors) I probably wouldn't join.
This is the current state of the Linux community. Not only the case on Slashdot, but go to any IRC help channel and you'll find the same the majority of the time. Once you become a part of the "club," asking for features (even politely) will usually net you an "IT'S OPEN SOURCE!! YOU CAN ADD IT YOURSELF!!"
I remember googling a mailing list's archives yesterday to see some problems someone was having with mplayer. In order for him to get a straight answer he had to pre-emptively insult himself "Guys, I know I'm entirely retarded, but does anyone know how to get mplayer to play X?"
Personally, I dual boot between Linux and Windows. I don't trust my resume to OpenOffice, nor can I run Streets and Trips or Encarta. I don't trust wine's development enough to run VC++, and the majority of games don't work. I have nothing against Linux, but I do have something against some of its zealots.
I'll second that....With the exception of one person, every BSD server operator i've dealt with has been an almost complete asshole.