Ubuntu 9.04 Daily Build Boots In 21.4 Seconds

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @10:10AM from the spurious-precision-is-2.6-times-better dept.

Pizzutz writes "Softpedia reports that Ubuntu 9.04 Boots in 21.4 Seconds using the current daily build and the newly supported EXT4 file system. From the article: 'There are only two days left until the third Alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) will be available (for testing), and... we couldn't resist the temptation to take the current daily build for a test drive, before our usual screenshot tour, and taste the "sweetness" of that evolutionary EXT4 Linux filesystem. Announced on Christmas Eve, the EXT4 filesystem is now declared stable and it is distributed with version 2.6.28 of the Linux kernel and later. However, the good news is that the EXT4 filesystem was implemented in the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 3 a couple of days ago and it will be available in the Ubuntu Installer, if you choose manual partitioning.' I guess it's finally time to reformat my /home partition..."

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Re:Your Goal: One Second or Less by BlackSnake112 · 2009-01-14 10:36 · Score: 0, Redundant

Define boot time? The time it takes for the computer to start? Or the time it takes for the computer to start and be able to be used?
Most regular people think boot time is when the computer is ready and waiting on them. 4-5 from totally off to usable? Sounds like a great idea. Possible is a command line based OS but with GUI unlikely. I like to see it, I just do not see it happening. To many things are running. Turning them off means people then complain about certain programs taking too long to start.