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> DOS never had an option to shut down, you just saved your work and turned off the computer. I miss this simplicity. With journaled filesystems, it should be
by WhyNotHugo 2y ago
> DOS never had an option to shut down, you just saved your work and turned off the computer.
I miss this simplicity. With journaled filesystems, it should be pretty safe to do this.
Few things bother me as much as a computer that takes more than 1500ms to shut down.
- andix 2y agoMany modern embedded operating systems support this (including some Linux distributions and Windows IoT). It’s possible, just not very practical, most wouldn’t consider the necessary trade offs worth it.
- userbinator 2y agoIf you boot Windows from a RAMdrive you can do this.
- sebazzz 2y agoParaphrasing: If you boot <OS> in a way that it will never save data, you can do this.
- bdavbdav 2y agoAIUI there can still be write caches on SSDs etc