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Posted July 10, 2009
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soulgrindr: there are several linux distros that boot really quick... DSL is supposed to be under 6 seconds, and puppy linux and a few others are also well under 20.* *actual results may vary.

Ubuntu 9.04 can boot in about the same time as Vista on my hardware; the time from login to desktop is a little bit shorter.
The main thing that slows boot time on LInux is X.org, the thing behind the graphical user interface. It looks like Google is going to be ditching that and either writing their own thing or developing a preexisting replacement.
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soulgrindr: As for ChromeOS... its an interesting idea, and it'd allow much lower spec machines to perform decent functions (though DSL etc can already do that, so it'd more about polish and brand).

DSL is amazing, but it has horrible usability. ;-) It'll be nice to see a lightweight distro with polish.
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soulgrindr: The fact they've already said that they ARENT looking for software makers to support it means its gonna be almost 100% online services... OS = Chrome.
That's an interesting idea... though i wonder about offline modes, etc... Suck to be stuck in a connection blackspot. ;-)

I will bet you large sums that they will be pushing Google Gears for offline mode. It's open source (so any browser could implant it), and it actually works decently if you remember to sync. Hopefully more web apps will start integrating it the way Gmail has it, where you don't even need to think about it and all your stuff will magically be there when you're offline.
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