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Re: [News] Linux Boots in Just 5 Seconds on ASUS Mobo

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 28 September 2007 22:20 : \____
> 
>> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>> 
>>>> ASUS add WiFi-N, quick-boot Linux to P5E3 motherboard
>>> 
>>> Hmm, and here I was thinking Microsoft were planning a hostile takeover
>>> of the BIOS. Looks like GNU/Linux beat them too it. A sign of things to
>>> come?
>>> 
>> 
>> I'm sure.
> 
> I'm not sure about the BIOS (Intel are not *that* hostile towards Linux), but
> the MBR issue still stands. Fortunately, with goodbye-microsoft.com (Debian)
> and Wubi, among other Live CD installers, bootloaders are a no-brainer,
> provided you do not install or reinctall Windows /after/ Linux gets installed.

Motherboard manufacturers can see as well as OEMs that Windows just
isn't selling very well.  They are not going to close down their
options.

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