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The 1-Second Linux Boot
An anonymous reader writes "Less than one second Linux boot! This video shows an OMAP3530 capturing video data from a camera and rendering it to an LCD display — the video appears on the LCD display in less than a second from reset."
Guess Linux is faster than Slashdot.
Don't worry, it will be back in a second.
For a 1 second boot, it takes a 2.5 minute video to demonstrate it.
It must have been his first time.
does it run crysis?
That's not the same kind of POST.
When you're afraid to download music illegally in your own home, then the terrorists have won!
Let me check in my encyclopedia reference, I just need to find the CD disc.... oh nevermind, doesn't work in my kde desktop environment anyway, I'll just check the wikipedia...
It's either false dichotomies, or the terrorists win, you decide.
I just bought a cheap digital TV that takes almost 5 seconds to boot. Sad.
Just imagine! With this you could watch almost 4 more seconds of TV at a time!
Way to spoil the ending of the new Zelda game.
Which half of 1:05? I don't want to waste my time!
Isn't this what Commodore Business Machines were doing back in the 70's? Will everyone ever catch up with their remarkable technology? Not only instant OS but alternative instant OS's by plugging in a new cartridge. Awesome even at 1MHZ.
Or you could just get rid of that 3 second delay to get it to boot in -0.5 seconds. It will turn on before you've pressed the button!
Now where did I hear something like that? Oh yeah here. Funny how every thread here on /. has at least one section where this would fit.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
So why do computer users let Wirth's law [wikipedia.org] overpower Moore's?
Because it's now Wirth/Moore?
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