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[News] Competition Heats Up Around Instant Booting of Linux

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Instant-on Linux vendors respond to Chrome OS

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| Instant-on Linux platform vendors Phoenix and DeviceVM have responded to the 
| revelation that Google will soon be releasing its own lightweight Linux 
| platform. They view Google's entry into the market as a validation of their 
| products and they both have strategies for competing with the search giant.   
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http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/07/instant-on-linux-vendors-respond-to-chrome-os.ars


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GRUB2 To Be Used By Default In Ubuntu 9.10

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| Starting with Ubuntu 9.10 (and beginning with tomorrow's daily CD builds),
| GRUB2 will be the default boot-loader on new Ubuntu installations. GRUB2 will
| bring internationalization support, support for newer systems, and many other
| improvements considering this GNU boot-loader has been in development for a
| number of years.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMxMg


Explaining Ubuntu's 10 Second Boot Time

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| Canonical's Scott James Remnant has now outlined more on their plans for the
| Ubuntu boot performance targets with Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. The main
| areas that developers will be working on is speeding up the X Server start-up
| process and improving initramfs.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMxMw


GRUB 2 Receives New Font Engine

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| GRUB 2, the next-generation Linux boot loader, has received a new font
| engine. Version 2 of the GRand Unified Bootloader introduces this new font
| engine that's written in C and with a font tool in Java. This engine will
| allow for better internationalization support including non-ASCII character
| codes and support for multiple fonts.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njk2Nw
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