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ImprovedSource: Linux Fastest Boot Time Challenge

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 29, 2005

[ Thanks to ImprovedSource for this
link. ]

“Wow! When I initially published the article, Boot Fedora Linux
Faster: How I Modified Fedora To Boot In Under 25 Seconds, neither
my server or me was ready for 22k visitors in one day. It seems
that there is a great interest in the topic of reducing boot time.
So I think a challenge is in order to get Linux people together to
try to reduce boot time. The challenge would be the fastest boot
time from bootloader to GDM Login on Fedora Core 4 Linux running
the listed services in the ‘Boot Fedora Linux Faster: How I
Modified Fedora To Boot In Under 25 Seconds’ article…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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