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LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds

LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds

Posted Sep 23, 2008 20:27 UTC (Tue) by rlk (guest, #47505)
In reply to: LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds by mezcalero
Parent article: LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds

As I said before, not everyone needs browsing -- a lot of people are in more or less static environments where the topology never changes. There's no reason why those people should be burdened by the overhead of network browsing.


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LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds

Posted Sep 23, 2008 21:30 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Exactly. I have one printer, and it's connected to one machine. Why do I
need browsing?

(How many people not using laptops have multiple printers anyway? Is it
really common outside offices?)

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