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1Dec/074

From the Linux Idea Bin: i80and’s mod-boot

You may recall me quoting my friend i80and recently in my post about the new features in Gmail Chat. Well, he just posted a new entry to his blog last night, and the idea looks quite interesting.

Basically, what he wants to do is speed up boot times on FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software, like Linux) systems. So his idea was to have init (the default boot script) call a C program of his own writing that would basically optimize the boot process and help bring the system up faster. He explains it better than I can, so I'll just point you to the mod-boot post from last night and let you read the details there.

I will say one thing, though. If my friend's work goes into the Linux core, I just might have to switch to Linux. It already sounds appealing, to not have to deal with Windows...

PS: Congratulations to i80and for being this blog's post #300!

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  1. i80and
    December 1st, 2007 - 21:30

    Ooh, thanks for the link!
    PageRank++! Yay!

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  2. Voyagerfan5761
    December 2nd, 2007 - 09:01

    What language is that statement? Shouldn’t it be unsigned char PageRank++?

    PS: Why are you still using the Queiba Wars avatar?

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  3. Voyagerfan5761
    December 2nd, 2007 - 09:34

    Hmm, static? Whoops! Though if it’s already been defined, your original statement was probably right. :D

    I figured you were using C. Though the syntax in PHP isn’t much different; we just don’t have to cast types. :)

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  4. i80and
    December 2nd, 2007 - 09:29

    Well, maybe
    static unsigned char PageRank++;
    PageRank has been defined before, and without knowing what arguments Google passes to websites, the assumption that PageRank is a static variable seems logical. And yes, C. :P

    As for my avatar, it’s because I’m too lazy to make another one. Someday I’ll either make it look nicer or make a new avatar.

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