Am Donnerstag, 18. Dezember 2014, 21:33:51 schrieb xor: > > The concern I had with this is that Freenet startup is fairly I/O heavy > > Is it? It starts pretty fast for me. > purge-db4o will also alleviate this even more.
The one reason why startup is slow for me is WoT. It takes up to an
hour with high load until it is started. That’s after years of usage
of the same (publicly identified) ID.
> You should admit that the last time I talked to you about this, you said you
> were running Freenet on a Pentium 4. Those have not been produced any more
> for
> 6 years!
My computer is a 2.4GHz Quadcore. This is not an issue of processor
speed, but of IO load.
> Again from general computer repair experience, I can tell you that *no*
> average PC will start fast. People usually have 10+ tray icons.
It’s not about the average PC at the moment. It is about the PC of
potential Freenet users. I read countless stories of people who
complained that Freenet slowed down their computers. Yes, these aren’t
the normal users. But they are the ones we need to convince if we want
to reach the normal users: They are the ones who are asked by the
others for help.
There are theories for that: Innovators, Early Adopters, Early and
Late Majority and Laggards. It’s essential to get the innovators
before we can get the early adopters, and the early adopters before we
can gat the majority. Because each group looks at the group before to
see whether something is worth attention.
That’s why Freenet must work for Hackers (as in “the cool folks from
CCC”). And even more: It must work for the right™ Hackers: The ones
who happen to be in the center of attention of their peer group (for
whatever reason). Naturally it also must work for all others, but if
it fails to work for these crucial people, it can’t spread
efficiently.
And these care about the high load at boot.
(this is (a tiny slice of) marketing 101)
> It doesn't matter to them: They typically use standby or hibernation, as it
> has even been the default action for the "power" button the Start menu for
> years. Reboots only happen if they're forced to by updates.
Which means, they happen at unpredictable times?
> Most people I know don't even do any shutdown action when they leave their
> home - all they do is shut the lid of their laptop, and let it do whatever
> it
> wants to.
Posting this just after I posted a user story of breakage which
resulted from rebooting the computer and not having autostart feels
unreal ☺
Best wishes,
Arne
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