Boot-Up in 2 Seconds With Moblin?
That is the ambitious goal revealed by Intel at the recent Linux Collaboration Summit in San Francisco.
“The aim of Moblin, is to improve the quality of the Linux user experience on Atom-based devices.” said Intel Open Source Technology Center director Imhad Sousou. Tests of the latest Moblin 2 alpha release show that the major components of the stack, including the graphics system, can start up in mere seconds. Intel intends to build on this effort and hopes to eventually reduce total startup time to two seconds.
“We think that two second boot is possible” said Sounsou during his presentation. It is Intels aim to make Moblin a more viable OS for embedded systems like car and appliance controllers as well as enhancing the Netbook user experience.
He also discussed Intel’s new partnership with the Linux Foundation which aims to increase the accessibility of the project to third-party developers and other Linux vendors.
Other companies like Asus and Nokia have also developed systems with low boot times so clearly this is a trend for the future.
See full article at arstechnica.
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