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On Thursday 27 March 2008, Mark Hertel wrote: > On 3/27/08, Brendan <[hidden email]> wrote: > > On Thursday 27 March 2008, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > > > I was considering re-introducing it to them at some other point, until > > > a few days later, my Linux box (Ubuntu) presented me with a reminder > > > why Windows and Mac are still desktop-ready, but Linux isn't - the > > > > obligatory > > > > > filesystem check if the machine has been rebooted at least 30 times. > > > > I love seeing foolish, arbitrary statements like this. > > Windows, when not shutdown properly, has the same message about disk > > checking. > > Does it matter that all of my relatives, gf and myself have been using > > Linux > > as our only desktop for a minimum of 5 years? How does that fit in with > > your > > statement? Perhaps "My parents freaked out over the disk check." instead > > of "Linux isn't ready." > > But Linux does this when you've shut it down correctly. Windows only does > it when you've screwed up by turning off the power instead of an orderly > shutdown.
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