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Quick Boot Linux Hopes To Win Over Windows Users

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the how-about-just-never-boot dept.

Al writes "A company called Presto hopes to exploit the painful amount of time it takes for Windows computers to start up by offering a streamlined version of Linux that boots in just seconds. Presto's distro comes with Firefox, Skype and other goodies pre-installed and the company has also created an app store so that users can install only what they really need. The software was demonstrated at this year's Demo conference in Palm Desert, CA. Interestingly, the company barely mentions the name Linux on its website. Is this a clever stealth-marketing ploy for converting Windows users to Linux?"

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  1. Re:Boot Time is the least of the pain. by mrbcs · · Score: 0, Troll
    Xandros sucks. The company tried the Microsoft tie-in business model and failed miserably. Just die already. Ubuntu blows the doors of Xandros. Ya they were the first "working for normal people" distro, but they really tie people in and force their versions of software on you. The "free" versions are crippled, nothing worked from the apt-get repositories, in fact, you'd break the whole distro if you ignored the warnings and install something that wasn't "approved by Xandros" I hate them.

    Die Xandros die!

    I used to sell this crap back in the version 1 days. That one worked. By version 3, you couldn't install anything other than approved apps. This is the distro that finally killed corel.

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  2. Re:Hibernation? by jetsci · · Score: 0, Troll

    Really? I traveled weekly for 2 months carrying my personal laptop and my work laptop. Get a better bag.

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  3. Re:Hibernation? by sunking2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh god, another 'Road Warrior' trying to claim that life is so rough for the traveling business man. Sissy is the right word. Even the word 'power brick' is sickening. Go complain to someone out building a brick wall, or a concrete worker lugging around 80lb bags of quickrete about your poor back and your 'brick.' You're trying to compare your life of schlepping a laptop around in an airport to being a soldier, or any other job that actually requires physical labor. This is why the stimulus won't work. We don't have anyone willing to use a shovel anymore to do real work. But at least all the illegals will have a job building our roads and bridges. We're a country of man bag carrying sissies. Sickening.