____/ [H]omer on Wednesday 24 October 2007 23:39 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Jerry McBride spake thusly:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> LinuxBIOS Brings Clones One Step Closer to Freedom
> [...]
>> I really appreciate this posting. I'd probably have missed it on my
>> own. This is really some fantastic news as I have wondered why the
>> post on most new computers still takes as long as it did during the
>> old days.
>>
>> I've got a new amd64x2 that takes as long to post as an old 550Mhz k6
>> that I have also. It's a hopeful move, LinuxBios is the right way to
>> go.
>
> There's also the upcoming trend of embedding GNU/Linux into the mobo.
> Combined with LinuxBIOS this means a very fast and legacy-free system.
Yes, I thought about including a reference to that ASUS board. 5 seconds to
boot, IIRC.
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