Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Oct 2009 22:27 UTC, submitted by twitterfire
We already introduced Dell's new laptop wonder, the Z600, to you earlier this week. What makes this laptop special is that it contains a small ARM motherboard which runs a special version of openSUSE Linux, allowing for instant access to basic functionality like checking email, browsing the web, and playing multimedia files. What's news, at least for OSNews, is that research from Dell has shown that people spent 70% of their time in the Linux environment.
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http://www.gazotube.com/yTUweJKAUfk.html
I want a computer that can do that.
Member since:2009-07-24
1. That is nice but Asus has been doing this for years - Splashtop.
That's just Linux loaded from firmware on the same architecture, e.g., unlike this story, there aren't 2 different CPU architectures under the same hood. The difference is that an ARM architecture is a lot less power-hungry, so its not just about boot speed.
2. Video: Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS starts loading Windows in under a second. (No not from Stand-by but from 0).
Did you actually read that link?
It *STARTS* loading, it still takes 20 seconds or so for Win to finish. Thats better, of course, but not exactly miraculous either.
Since a LinuxBios can get you to a CLI prompt in under 5 seconds, getting to an Xorg GUI would probably be about the same speed or less, depending on your DE. From startx to ready-to-go, my KDE takes about 8-10 secs - so 20 secs isn't really impressive.
Get rid of the legacy BIOS (something Phoenix obviously won't do) and under 20 sec boots would be easy for both Win and Linux - the problem has always been the BIOS. And no, the (U)EFI boot firmware "standard" (used by Phoenix in that example) isn't really an improvement over the old-style BIOS either, the LinuxBios project (which effectively replaced the BIOS with the Linux kernel image itself) has proven that 95% of whats in today's BIOS or boot firmwares is actually UNNECESSARY for a modern OS to bootstrap. Phoenix, of course, doesn't want you to know that.
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2006-01-01
1. That is nice but Asus has been doing this for years - Splashtop.
2. Video: Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS starts loading Windows in under a second. (No not from Stand-by but from 0). See for yourselves: http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/video-phoenix-instant-boot-bios-...
Edited 2009-10-03 06:55 UTC