[re_nortex]

But typically, in a lot of modern linux distros system booting is very quick.

It takes ma a while to get out of my comfort zone. I rebelled when GRUB came along since I was so accustomed to LILO. Now I look back and wonder what I was thinking by clinging to the familiar for so long.

I'm undergoing the same transition now as I get used to the new approach since the SysV init scripts were what I had been use to for so very long. Progress is disruptive and, for me, sometimes painful. But I can already see the benefits of the new way of launching services. It's not only faster but less brittle than the serialized order of the startup symlinks.

[JRandomFreeper]

You could really screw up the config when GRUB first came along. I still have the 'root (hd0,0); makeactive; chainloader +1; boot' instructions written up on the wall because of that.

It's much easier today.

And yes, looking in /etc/rc.d for startup problems is sort of a reflex.

I no longer ride the bleeding edge. I want my apps to work, and I'm not going to change unless hardware requires it, or a really new app comes along that requires a new kernel.

/johnny

[martin_fierro]

It takes ma a while to get out of my comfort zone.

She's your ma. Let her stay in your comfort zone.