Fast-Booting Text-Editor Operating System?

cgenman writes "What is the fastest booting operating system out there that is still sufficient for editing text? Quite frequently, I'll need to boot my laptop and edit a few lines of text, or jot down an idea or two. XP loads in roughly 4 minutes to usable, and Ubuntu loads in about 60 seconds. Both feel like an eternity if there isn't a pen and paper around. What is the best operating system that people have found which would load to useable in under 20 seconds, can edit text files in something a little more friendly than VI or EMACS, yet can still access fat32 formatted USB drives? GUIs aren't required, but commands which require arcane foreknowledge or a cheat sheet are out."

Comments

Re:Wake up

[flyingsquid]

Hi, umm, moron? I'm sorry you can't read and everything but I'm also sorry that every time I search for info about fast-booting, there's always some pious sh*thead going on about that's not needed. Isn't there some place where you can go and congratulate all the non-booting lusers on not booting and leave those of us who want info on fast booting alone? If I worked for the TSA I would so have you in my queue and pull your g*dd*mned battery out and say "Hmmm, booting, much?"

Dude, you really sound like you don't get laid too often. Even by this crowd's standards- and that's saying something.

Re:Not hard

[electrictroy]

Commodore 64 with cartridge-based GEOS. Loads in 1/2 a second. ----- Pen-and-paper. No loading required. ;-)

As you can tell, I like the older proven technologies versus the newer junk (cough, vista) that takes an eternity. (Another idea: Cellphone-based editor; those bootup rather fast.)