[haiku-development] Re: Demo CD (was Re: Re: BButton colors?)
- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:11:08 +0100 CET
> 2008/3/6, Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>:
> >
> > Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a. Koki) wrote:
> > > Short boot time is one of our selling points, and these results
> > > do not
> > > reflect that quality of Haiku at all. I also thought that the
> > > lack of
> > > feedback of what's going to the user (both during and after the
> > > booth
> > > screen) makes the wait seem even longer. In other words, there
> > > is a lot
> > > that needs to be improved if you want Haiku a live CD to make a
> > > positive
> > > and enticing impression on the user.
> > >
> > > I know that you guys have been talking about how to improve the
> > > live CD.
> > > My take is that it would not be wise to rush things and risk
> > > creating a
> > > perception that Haiku is slow. So I think it would be wise not
> > > to release
> > > any live cd (supported or unsupported) at the very least until
> > > you can
> > > bring down the boot time to something shorter than the
> > > mainstream Linux
> > > distros out there. Until then, try to keep the cat in the bag.
> > > :)
> >
>
>
> Don't we have some readahead code done as part of GSOC 2007 ? AFAIK
> it
> hasn't been yet integrated in the tree, right ?
>
Yes there is some, it helped a bit, but wasn't integrated.
François.
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