[dundee] Linux & graphical application boot in under 1 second

[Robert Ladyman]

> This is where a company has demonstrated the booting of a Linux embedded
> chip with swiftbooting engineering technology to load everything including
>  a graphical application in under a second.
> 
> http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/11/22/49940/Linux-and-graphi
> cs-boot-in-under-a-second.htm
> 
> This the demonstration.
> 
> http://www.swiftboot.com/swiftBoot/Home.html
> 
> Gordon
> 


That IS very impressive, especially the video application as well. I normally 
don't care about the start-up speed improvements (if your machine has an 
uptime measured in months, it doesn't really matter) although I must admit, 
I've occasionally not bothered to boot a laptop because of the time taken - 
especially if the boot process has to pause for a disc-encryption password.

On that issue - did you hear about the fines from the ICO this morning for a 
lost, unencrypted laptop?