Interesting column from Bob Metcalfe in Infoworld this week - his final one for that trade rag. As he often does, this time he's asking leading questions to try to get some discussion going, arguing for smarter use of computer resources during apparent idle time, among them: "What is your computer doing those first minutes after you start it up? It's been idle for hours. It will be idle for much of the time thereafter. So why doesn't it handle its duties before or after starting up?" I've always been peeved at lengthy boot times, which leads me (and most I know) to just leave the box on all the time (a waste). So I'm curious. How would we answer Bob's question for Linux? (Besides "um, well... it was turned *off*, Bob"). Phil Plumbo | Printware, Inc. | psp at printwareinc.com | 1270 Eagan Industrial Rd. | voice: 651-456-1400 http://printwareinc.com | St. Paul, MN 55121 USA | fax: 651-454-3684 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org