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I would question whether boot time is such a meaningful target. It's trivial to leave a system up days or weeks relying on hibernation or suspend instead. This

I would question whether boot time is such a meaningful target. It's trivial to leave a system up days or weeks relying on hibernation or suspend instead. This seems especially true given that freebsd is even more likely than Linux to see use as a server instead of a desktop. Besides boot time on any init system with a fast ssd seems to be pretty damn quick. Saving 10 seconds every month will take a long time to pay off.

GordonS 6y ago
Not so much on servers, but boot time is important on desktop, where most users will power it in only during the day.
- blackhaz 6y ago
  Desktops can sleep as well. Boot time is important for embedded computers, e.g. in-vehicle systems, but otherwise I don't see why would this be such an issue.
  - mapgrep 6y ago
    Other than desktops, laptops, embedded systems, phones, and tablets, who cares about boot time......... /s
znpy 6y ago
I generally agree on relying on suspend/resume, but keep in mind that doing so will greatly reduce your laptop battery lifespan. It's a toll that I decided to accept, but most people aren't aware of that.
- michaelmrose 6y ago
  Your drain over a reasonable period for example unplug your laptop and shove in into a bag and take it out 1-8 hours SHOULD be relatively small. For example this now admittedly dated review seems so suggest a drain of about 0.6% per hour. https://lifehacker.com/how-much-battery-life-does-sleep-mode-really-drain-5526542 https://lifehacker.com/how-much-battery-life-does-sleep-mode... However the internet is seemingly full of complaints that machines drain fast during sleep so your experience may not be unusual but it might pay to check if something is wrong or at least sub-optimal. For example GPU not actually turning off, usb device keeping it from sleeping, hardware or software waking up your machine.

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I would question whether boot time is such a meaningful target. It's trivial to leave a system up days or weeks relying on hibernation or suspend instead. This

by michaelmrose 6y ago

GordonS 6y ago
Not so much on servers, but boot time is important on desktop, where most users will power it in only during the day.
- blackhaz 6y ago
  Desktops can sleep as well. Boot time is important for embedded computers, e.g. in-vehicle systems, but otherwise I don't see why would this be such an issue.
  - mapgrep 6y ago
    Other than desktops, laptops, embedded systems, phones, and tablets, who cares about boot time......... /s
znpy 6y ago
I generally agree on relying on suspend/resume, but keep in mind that doing so will greatly reduce your laptop battery lifespan. It's a toll that I decided to accept, but most people aren't aware of that.
- michaelmrose 6y ago
  Your drain over a reasonable period for example unplug your laptop and shove in into a bag and take it out 1-8 hours SHOULD be relatively small. For example this now admittedly dated review seems so suggest a drain of about 0.6% per hour. https://lifehacker.com/how-much-battery-life-does-sleep-mode-really-drain-5526542 https://lifehacker.com/how-much-battery-life-does-sleep-mode... However the internet is seemingly full of complaints that machines drain fast during sleep so your experience may not be unusual but it might pay to check if something is wrong or at least sub-optimal. For example GPU not actually turning off, usb device keeping it from sleeping, hardware or software waking up your machine.