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Just in case anyone is interested I emailed a few folks who live on BSD. They informed me that BSD only asks for a file system check after a bad shutdown. They had a few remarks about requiring an fsck every 30 boots... For myself it's not a big deal as I don't reboot too often... ----- Original Message ---- From: Mark Hertel <[hidden email]> To: Brendan <[hidden email]> Cc: [hidden email] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:48:58 AM Subject: Re: Linux ready for the home desktop? 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."
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