this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2023
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[–] ShittyRedditWasBetter 120 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, that was the reason holding me back. It was the boot up time.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You kid and aren't wrong, but this was a huge metric when I was first getting into Linux. I remember seeing it prodominantly posted on Ubuntu's site ... I wonder which version... I think 4 or 6?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

The more interesting story here is that in 2023, FreeBSD was still using bubblesort. They made it go 100 times faster than a really slow thing, and we've known it's slow for a long time.