Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

[Richard A. Smith]

pgf at laptop.org wrote:

>  > > i can't resist pointing out that we could probably do that with
>  > > linux too, if we weren't committed to using an off-the-shelf desktop
>  > > distribution.

This doesn't have anything to do with the fact that we use a 
off-the-shelf distro vs a custom embedded setup.  Creating a initial 
suspend image that is loaded on boot would do exactly the same thing and 
its trivial to setup.

The reason we don't do it is because it burns up a 100 or so megs of 
NAND space.  If at such time we move to a much larger NAND then an 
initial suspend image might become an option.

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Richard Smith  <richard at laptop.org>
One Laptop Per Child