On Fri, 2023-11-17 at 14:50 +1030, Tim via users wrote: > Roger Heflin wrote: > > > No, we both mean use the bios timed wake up to wake up your > > > machine > > > instead of the plug for anything. > > Patrick O'Callaghan: > > Ah, I misunderstood. I hadn't realised that was even possible. > > Way back in the day of my brief torture of Win98SE, I used to explore > the BIOS to see what options there were, and which stupid ones were > preselected. Wake on timer has been around for a very long time. > > I haven't a use for it, but various businesses use it if they don't > leave PCs on 24/7. Have the main server wake up by itself before the > staff lob in, then progressively booting up each client PC with a > minutes delay stops having a sudden mains power load, and staggers > things that poll the server for everything under the sun.
The logic is clear. I just hadn't ever been aware of it, thanks. poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
