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Get Speed-Booting with an Open BIOS

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the speed-booting-next-up-for-olympic-sports dept.

An anonymous reader writes to mention that IBM Developer Works has a quick look at some of the different projects that are working on replacing proprietary BIOS systems with streamlined code that can load a Linux kernel much faster. Most of the existing BIOS systems tend to have a lot of legacy support built in for various things, and projects like LinuxBIOS and OpenBIOS are working to trim the fat.

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  1. unneeded by lukesky321 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'll probably never use this. My computer(linux) has a very good uptime to down rate, so it is very rare that i'll reboot my machine this year. Even if their is a power failure, my UPS will kick in.