Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> Jaunty boot up times
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> | I've noticed how fast Jaunty is on my Thinkpad X300. Well, I timed it
> | today:
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> | * Power on: 0:00
> | * Thinkpad bootsplash clears: 5:26
> | * Grub text clears: 10:50
> | * Ubuntu progress bar appears: 15:07
> | * Ubuntu progress bar finishes: 22:98
> | * GDM login prompt: 26:52
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> http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/635
Xubuntu livecds boot faster than windummy OSen has time for a look in.
> Recent:
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> Ubuntu 9.04 Boot Times
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> | Charles Dickens wrote that "It was the best of times, it was the worst
> | of times". I have a feeling that he wasn?t referring to computer
> | operating system boot times, but that's what I?m going to discuss today.
> | More specifically Ubuntu 9.04's boot times.
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> http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24748/1162/
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> Ubuntu 9.04 boots in 17.5 seconds!
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> | Recently I treated myself to a solid-state drive (SSD). That?s
> | essentially a hard-drive made out of memory chips. I bought the Intel
> | X25-E Extreme, which uses faster single-level cell (SLC) memory chips
> | instead of slower multi-level cell (MLC) memory chips.
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> http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ubuntu-904-boots-in-175-seconds/
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> Related:
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> Startup times
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> | PCLinuxOS 2007 (on my home laptop, a middle-of-the-road machine): 40
> | seconds Mandriva 2008: 40 seconds
> | Xubuntu 7.10: 45 seconds
> | openSUSE 10.3 (clean install, OSS/KDE): about 45 seconds
> | Fedora 8: about 50 seconds (a huge improvement over the last few
> | versions :-) Windows Vista: 3 minutes 45 seconds
> | ...What?
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> http://distrogue.blogspot.com/2007/12/startup-times.html
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> Ubuntu vs. That Other OS
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> | Both machines have the same exact specs, both have been used for the
> | same time (to be fair I have tweaked the OS on the left quite a bit to
> | optimize it). Ubuntu is already idle by the time the video ends; while
> | the other PC takes 30 seconds more than what I?ve uploaded to idle the
> | hard drive.
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> http://blog.estebanglas.com.ar/2007/11/ubuntu-vs-that-other-os/
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> Quick booting SBC runs Debian Linux
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> | Technologic Systems has announced a single-board computer (SBC) claimed
> | to boot Linux 2.6 in under two seconds.
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> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3219821348.html
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> Mach Boot: The live CD that supposedly boots in 10 seconds
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> | Mach Boot won't replace Knoppix, and it won't replace Puppy, DSL or
> | NimbleX either. But it's a tool all its own, one that could be very
> | useful with a little more development time.
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> http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2007/09
the_live_cd_that_supposedly_bo.html
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> Tiny WiFi-enabled Linux box boots in 1.1 seconds
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> | Technologic continues to reduce the boot time, price, and size of
> | its embedded boards and systems targeting remote sensing and other
> | power-critical applications. Its new $100 ARM9-based TS-7400 board can
> | boot Linux in 1.1 seconds, and is available as part of a tiny
> | WiFi-enabled system.
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> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6252722644.html
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> Flexible ARM9 SBC boots Linux in 1.69 seconds
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> | Technologic Systems is offering a freely downloadable, Debian-based
> | Linux OS image said to boot from an SD card in less than two seconds, on
> | the company's ARM9-based SBC (single-board computer).
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> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8933335475.html
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> Phoenix HyperSpace: Quick-Boot Your Laptop
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> | Phoenix Technologies' new HyperSpace is an instant-on environment for
> | laptops, letting users launch a browser or other apps with booting into
> | the OS.
> |
> | Today, Phoenix Technologies introduced a firmware product called
> | HyperSpace, which allows PCs to run a number of applications separate
> | from the operating system. What that means is that if you use a PC
> | equipped with HyperSpace, you will be able to quick-boot your notebook
> | into a secure Linux environment, where you can use Web browsers like
> | FireFox and pre-loaded Web-aware apps like Google Earth, Picasa, and the
> | like.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Also, since HyperSpace is a Linux-based platform, Windows viruses won't
> | affect it.
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> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2211507,00.asp
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