Re: A possible idea for Linux: Save running programs to disk

[Andrew Haninger]

On 10/1/05, lokum spand <lokumsspand@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ... a program like mozilla with many open windows. I give
> it a SIGNAL-SAVETODISK and the process memory image is dropped to a
> file. I can then turn off the computer and later continue using the
> program where I left it, by loading it back into memory.
FWIW, you can already do this with Firefox (and Mozilla, I'm sure)
using the Sessionsaver plugin.

And while I can shed no further light on your idea, I wholeheartedly
support it. It would be a nice alternative to swsusp/Suspend2 in that
it could possibly avoid hardware issues involved with hibernation.

-Andy
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