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anything similiar to Madriva's InstantOn?

Post by JAHGoVeg »

hey does anybody know if there's anything similiar to madriva's InstatOn

http://www2.mandriva.com/instanton/#note1

I'm looking for something that will let me turn it on and check something on the internet real quick without having to go through my whole operating system. :D thnx i appreciate it
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Re: anything similiar to Madriva's InstantOn?

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Think you're going to have to wait for Lucid. I believe a 10sec boot is what they are aiming for.
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Re: anything similiar to Madriva's InstantOn?

Post by JAHGoVeg »

yeah i was looking for something to use as a secondary operating system... like lets say we're at krystal's my batterys dying and i gotta check an email real quick.
WhaChow!!!! it turns on so fast cuz it only has basics i open up firefox (or thunderbird) and there i am!!

maybe a netbook operating system
Superewza

Re: anything similiar to Madriva's InstantOn?

Post by Superewza »

An ASRock motherboard?

http://www.asrock.com/feature/instantboot/index.asp

Or Slitaz could probably boot in under 10 seconds on a decent specced PC.
Aging Technogeek

Re: anything similiar to Madriva's InstantOn?

Post by Aging Technogeek »

You could try xPud. It's a Chinese distro that weighs in at about 50 Megabytes installed and boots in under 10 seconds on most modern machines.

The OS is basically a vehicle for Firefox and a movie player (I think Totem) with nothing else installed by default.

Home Page: http://www.xpud.org/index.en.html.
Superewza

Re: anything similiar to Madriva's InstantOn?

Post by Superewza »

My suggestion is still with Slitaz, but another one to consider is this:

http://www.hyperspace.com/front-page

which was designed for precisely that.
Aging Technogeek

Re: anything similiar to Madriva's InstantOn?

Post by Aging Technogeek »

Hyperspace is a commercial product of Phoenix Industries and is written to run with Windows on, to this date, a very limited selection of CPUs. As such, I don't know if it will even run as a stand alone OS.

Hyperspace is so restricted as to compatible systems as of now that the installer includes a system compatibility tester to tell you if you can even install Hyperspace on your system.
Superewza

Re: anything similiar to Madriva's InstantOn?

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markcynt

Re: anything similiar to Madriva's InstantOn?

Post by markcynt »

Superewza wrote:Hmm...

http://www.prestomypc.com/

?
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* The Presto download is 463mb
Superewza

Re: anything similiar to Madriva's InstantOn?

Post by Superewza »

Fine, just stick with my original suggestion of Slitaz then :p
richyrich

Re: anything similiar to Madriva's InstantOn?

Post by richyrich »

A little off topic . . so, apologies in advance. ASUS now have an OS (Linux) built right into the motherboard ! (certain models) they claim to boot in 5 seconds . .
Express Gate™
5 Secs Bootup to online
Taking only 5 seconds to go online from bootup, Express Gate is the one-stop gateway to instant fun! It´s a unique motherboard built-in OS. You can utilize the most popular Instant Messengers (IM) like MSN, Skype, Google talk, QQ, and Yahoo! Messenger to keep in touch with friends, or quickly check on the weather and e-mails just before leaving your house. What´s more, the user-friendly picture manager lets you view your pictures without entering Windows at anytime!
* The actual boot time is subject to hardware configurations and product models
Here's a fairly recent review of the Express Gate : http://aphnetworks.com/reviews/asus_p5e3_deluxe/11

richy
Superewza

Re: anything similiar to Madriva's InstantOn?

Post by Superewza »

richyrich wrote:A little off topic . . so, apologies in advance. ASUS now have an OS (Linux) built right into the motherboard ! (certain models) they claim to boot in 5 seconds . .
Express Gate™
5 Secs Bootup to online
Taking only 5 seconds to go online from bootup, Express Gate is the one-stop gateway to instant fun! It´s a unique motherboard built-in OS. You can utilize the most popular Instant Messengers (IM) like MSN, Skype, Google talk, QQ, and Yahoo! Messenger to keep in touch with friends, or quickly check on the weather and e-mails just before leaving your house. What´s more, the user-friendly picture manager lets you view your pictures without entering Windows at anytime!
* The actual boot time is subject to hardware configurations and product models
Here's a fairly recent review of the Express Gate : http://aphnetworks.com/reviews/asus_p5e3_deluxe/11

richy
Yeah, but i prefer the Asrock feature i quoted earlier as if you don't disable express gate in the BIOS it adds five or ten seconds to your total boot time while it asks you if you want to use it.
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