Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late Date: 29 Jul 2026 18:46:13 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <1145p0t$2l6ge$2@dont-email.me> <18c5f3fa510bcd73$19925$704772$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <18c606426ab89e70$22171$442584$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <18c60b7e803d0104$14391$197624$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1147up9$39shm$3@dont-email.me> <18c6320c52eb0a0f$15335$967852$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <114crfe$rjmv$3@dont-email.me> <20260729080407.0000667a@gmail.com> <20260729103233.00006677@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net AJ+6JvgT9S1c6N+DsaNUpwQwjbr2FTomnMnMSHnRN3zqV/PGmA Cancel-Lock: sha1:rth7h+8+lkILGJtdgPNKAYTYgEA= sha256:bsI/tW2gPocFiqmpdGGLadXShOBO82T8tTiNIzlYxpM= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89204 On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:32:33 -0700, John Ames wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:08:11 +0200 "Carlos E. R." > wrote: > >> > Does anybody really care about boot times anymore? *nix uptimes can >> > generally be measured in months or years, >> >> Huh, no. Only servers do that. My laptop, for instance, would be >> hibernated or suspended twice per day; and as to uptime, it crashes >> during wake up some times. > > Hibernate is one thing, but suspend doesn't require a reboot. Both of my > laptops have uptimes of months; I'm not sure I've rebooted my daily > driver this *year.* Not much on keeping the systems updated are you? In truth it probably isn't necessary if they're still functional but I have a slight degree of OCD. I even fire up the Win11 laptop once a month for the latest MS attempt to destroy it.