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Software Tweak Makes Linux Boot In Under 200 ms

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Why bother anyway? by BrokenHalo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If you never power off your machine, you (almost) never have to reboot it. So net time saved is much greater...