swiftBoot Demo by MPC Data - Booting Linux in less than 1 second

[liamrocks01]

i got 1 word for ya NERDS only kiddin but dont understand it at all

[necruz1]

Which is the name of the device?

[littlesegall]

now get a desktop to do that

[mahmoudsaeed90]

great!

[realdataghost]

Awesome, great demo!

[solidliqs]

That's awesome! I guess the idea of using a Linux SBC to create a custom car stereo is feasible after all!

[Creocsial]

Very impressive.

[Mukdener]

schnelllllllllllllllllllllllll­llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll­llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll­l

[ElbartKAC]

But can it run Crysis?

[ejuan73]

Yes, it can:

Google yes-linux-can-run-crysis

BTW, can windowze power the Top10 supercomputers? NO IT CAN'T!! LOL

Google Top500

:P

[MrAnonUK]

@ejuan73 Thought it was the top 18?

[ejuan73]

Oh i forgot:

Can windowze be free free as in speech, and as in beer?

Nope, NEVER!

[Frap357]

Crazt fast!

Didn't know Linux were that fast...

[DaVince21]

You could say it CAN be, given enough developers with an interest getting it to run that fast, and removing anything you don't need of course.

[andrewmurraympc]

The final timings were:

Reset -> XLoader/UBoot handover - 0.234s

XLoader/UBoot handover -> UBoot/Kernel handover - 0.053s

UBoot/Kernel handover -> Init Process  - 0.177s

Init Process -> Video On Display - 0.406s

[63scooby]

Impressive!