On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:18:13 -0700 Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 12:06:12AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > <snip> > > - WinXP local login is 21 seconds to show desktop, and 40 seconds > > before login-time processes have all launched. > > Tell me about it. Many a morning, I walk into the office, hit the > power button, and then hit the restroom or go get a coffee. A fast > laptop running XP is frustratingly slow to boot compared to even KDE > on my slow desktop! > > The fastest I've seen any time lately has been a basic WindowMaker or > IceWM launch. It's insane! > > But, as an app-lover, I've come accustom to Konqueror and the rest of > KDE, so I live with the slower login process. It's not like I _ever_ > log out of my Linux box. I just lock the screen and turn off the > monitor. :^) > > > <snip> > > The other question is: how often are you logging in? My current > > uptime is ~140+ days, and I think I've restarted X less than a > > handful of times in that interval. Incidentally, APM restore's > > going to take > 10 seconds in all likelihood, though less time than > > a full boot. > > My uptime is 26 days, but that was probably when I moved my desk from > Davis and had to disassemble and reassemble all my computer bits. :^) > And damn!... I've been logged in to X-Window / KDE almost as long! > > USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT > kendrick :0 - 01Sep04 ?xdm? 3days 0.06s -:0 > > > <snip> > > Additionally, a reinstallation is *NOT* necessary for you to get the > > system you want. > > Especially when it comes to situations like: "it installed more than I > needed"'apt-get install debfoster' and run it, and you can fairly > easily cull your system. (Just have another window open to do > 'apt-cache show [packagename]' to double-check what unrecognized > packages are :^) ) There's a key you can hit *in* debfoster to do that. /me runs debfoster now It's the '?' key. -- I usually have a GPG digital signature included as an attachment. See http://www.gnupg.org/ for info about these digital signatures. "All the spots [of tzarat] that a man sees on others, are his own." -- The Mishna, as read according to the Ba'al Shem Tov
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