dexter11 Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Here's something interesting: LinuxBIOS + a Linux kernel + BusyBox + a tiny X11 server (Kdrive) + the Matchbox window manager + rxvt packed in flash ROM (2 MB). Booting time is 8 (6+2) seconds. The original article is here. You can watch a video . source: anr's blog on hup.hu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 very cool.... now what to do with it :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 (edited) Yeah... I'm sure it'll be very useful, but... I'm not sure what for. It did appeal to my geeky side anyways :) Edited March 8, 2007 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 It WILL be usefull, someday, provided some company sees the oportunity. Look: Deaf people (at least in France) used to rely on some pre-internet-era device called Minitel (videotext device) for communications. Indeed, this device permits a "unix talk"-like, or msn-like if you prefer, chat. Now the Minitel is disappearing, and nothing was created to replace it! Deaf people turn to: - mobile phones' SMS: works and rings (ie: vibrations), but asynchronously, with a poor ergonomy, and at a great cost. - MSN and the like: works too, and cheap if you already have the computer, but: does not ring (eg: light-flash) when a call arrives, and is wayyy toooo loooong to start for receiving a phone call. Now, imagine a mini-ITX PC with this 2MB X-in-BIOS, a modem connection to the phone plug, and wake-on-ring enabled! We would have a device that enables deaf people to communicate! Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 (edited) Interesting explanation. Thanks for that! (I knew it had to be useful... but as for figuring out 'how to', I'll gladly leave that to other people! x) ) And I know about Minitel... I bought a French gaming magazine a long time ago (it had the first preview of KQ8, which I anticipated highly but which left me heart-broken over the series). They had software or links for Minitel... quite the 'peculiar' type too, if you know what I mean ;) Edited March 9, 2007 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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