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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. Wrong OS!!! by netsharc · · Score: 0, Troll

    You were supposed to develop this for Windows, you bleep!! bleep!!!. Bleeping bleeps!!

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  2. Wait a second, or rather, 200ms by Absurd+Being · · Score: 0, Troll

    I thought linux never crashed? So what's the point of booting in under 200ms?

    Well, Goodbye karma.

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  3. Re:Slightly off topic but about *nix boot times by SanLouBlues · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because Linux is better. It's the same as Socialism taking a while to start up. Bigger (and thus better) things have more inertia, and take more effort to get going.

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  4. Re:Only for embedded devices by PacketCollision · · Score: 0, Troll

    So fix it. Or can you do less than that 14 year-old?