Liam Proven

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Liam Proven's thoughts on IT, especially FOSS

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Starting Over: A FOSS proposal for a new type of OS for a new type of computer

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My talk should be on in about an hour and a half from when I post this. A possible next evolutionary step for computers is persistent memory: large capacity non-volatile main memory. With a few terabytes of nonvolatile RAM, who needs an SSD any more? I will sketch out a proposal for how to…