From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:30 AET-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1745 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Friday 14 November 2008 Number 1745 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Warp in the news : Voytek Eymont" 2 Re: Warp in the news : Mike O'Connor **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:34:39 +1100 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Warp in the news http://www.pcauthority dot com dot au/News/128117,linux-boots-in-297-seconds.aspx Linux boots in 2.97 seconds *Software engineers at Japan's embedded Linux software vendor Lineo announced technology last week that can boot a low-power computer system within 2.97 seconds, the company claims. * Lineo calls its quick-start software system Warp 2, apparently either never having heard of IBM's ill-fated and abandoned OS/2 Warp operating system or not being particularly superstitious. The company says Warp 2 consists of a bootloader, a customised Linux software stack, and a 'hibernation driver' similar to familiar suspend-to-disk software. Lineo's innovation is that its hibernation driver writes a snapshot of RAM into flash memory instead of to a hard disk. -- Voytek ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:17:24 +1000 From: Mike O'Connor Subject: Re: Warp in the news Voytek Eymont wrote: > http://www.pcauthority dot com dot au/News/128117,linux-boots-in-297-seconds.aspx > > Linux boots in 2.97 seconds > > *Software engineers at Japan's embedded Linux software vendor Lineo > announced technology last week that can boot a low-power computer system > within 2.97 seconds, the company claims. * > Lineo calls its quick-start software system Warp 2, apparently either > never having heard of IBM's ill-fated and abandoned OS/2 Warp operating > system or not being particularly superstitious. > > The company says Warp 2 consists of a bootloader, a customised Linux > software stack, and a 'hibernation driver' similar to familiar > suspend-to-disk software. Lineo's innovation is that its hibernation > driver writes a snapshot of RAM into flash memory instead of to a hard > disk. Hi Voytek, I wonder why then they tagged on the "2"? Have you looked at the following pages : http://www.splashtop dot com/videos.php Note on the "How it works" page it says: When you press the power button or a special hot key designated by your PC manufacturer, Splashtop starts in seconds - it is the first screen that you will see. Splashtop is preinstalled on the hard drive or in the on-board Flash memory of new PCs and motherboards by their manufacturers. Splashtop is a software-only solution that requires no additional hardware. A small component of Splashtop is embedded in the BIOS of the PC - that's the part that runs as soon as you press the power button. Within Splashtop, you have the choice of running one of its applications, such as the Splashtop Web Browser, or booting your Operating System. Splashtop is /_compatible with any Operating System_/, including Windows and Linux. Splashtop has similar networking capabilities to what you find in other Operating Systems. It can connect to networks over WiFi, LAN, xDSL, and cable. WEP, WPA, and WPA2 wireless security standards are supported. (specifically the bit enhanced[?] above between slashes) Regards, Mike ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------