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How Kernel Hackers Boosted the Speed of Desktop Linux

Posted by timothy on from the mild-claims dept.

chromatic writes "Kernel hackers Arjan van de Ven and Auke Kok showed off Linux booting in five seconds at last month's Linux Plumbers Conference. Arjan and other hackers have already improved the Linux user experience by reducing power consumption and latency. O'Reilly News interviewed him about his work on improving the Linux experience with PowerTOP, LatencyTOP, and Five-Second Boot."

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  1. Boots in 5 seconds... by Thelasko · · Score: 1, Troll

    rooted in 10.

    Speed is great and all, but is it secure?

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    One of our competitors trademarked the term "hypothesis". From now on, we will call them "boneheaded ideas".
  2. Folding@Home by Quila · · Score: 0, Troll

    Mine stays on 24/7 because I do Folding@Home. Or should I refrain from using energy that can help find cures for disease because our environmental overlords say that's a bad thing?

    If I don't fold I use less energy. If I don't fold more people will die since cures won't be found. Fewer people equals less CO2. It's a win-win for our environmental overlords if I don't fold. But it's a win for the human race if I do.