Software Tweak Makes Linux Boot In Under 200 ms

Posted by timothy on Monday September 29, 2003 @12:20PM from the ymwv dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A version of Linux has been created that radically speeds up system boot time -- to less than 200 milliseconds (ms) from power-up to application code startup. The techniques, created by Real-time Linux vendor FSMLabs, are processor independent, and boot times of under 100 mS are expected in the future." Update: 09/30 01:04 GMT by T : Yep -- both headline and post should have read "ms" (milliseconds) rather than "mS" (milli Siemens); thanks to all the alert readers.

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Re:why is it ... by seanadams.com · 2003-09-29 13:12 · Score: 5, Insightful

They only have to distribute their source to whomever they distribute a binary, if and when they do so. Under the GPL you do not bear the burden of publishing, distributing, and supporting source changes that you made for your own use, or changes which you have not yet distributed.