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[News] Linux on Board (SplashTop) Evolves Quickly and Gets LinDVD

  • Subject: [News] Linux on Board (SplashTop) Evolves Quickly and Gets LinDVD
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:31:29 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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SplashTop Running On Prototype ASUS Notebook

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| This next version of DeviceVM's SplashTop ships with Corel's LinDVD, in order 
| to provide legal DVD playback capabilities. We had briefly watched a DVD 
| inside SplashTop and it had indeed worked, all without ever touching the hard 
| drive / primary operating system. In addition, SplashTop has provided their 
| own music player with support for MP3 files.    
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=965&num=1


Related:

CES 2008: DeviceVM's Splashtop

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| We caught up with DeviceVM at CES to see what's new with their Splashtop 
| embedded Linux environment, which we first saw on the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe 
| motherboard. As we found out, development has been steady with many new 
| features implemented and ready for deployment with notebooks.   
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http://techgage.com/article/ces_2008_devicevms_splashtop


Asus EeePC spotted running SplashTop instant-on OS

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| You probably remember the SplashTop instant-on, Linux-based OS from past 
| posts or perhaps developer DeviceVM's demo at last October's reader meetup in 
| San Francisco.  
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/


Embedded Linux goes Open Source

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| DeviceVM, the maker of Splashtop software which features embedded Linux "Fast 
| Boot" products like featured in the Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi-AP @n has just 
| released the source code to its software under GPL.  
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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/11/21/asus_p5e3_embedded_linux_goes_open_source/1


SplashTop Source Code Released

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| These patches are for Bootsplash, 
| DVM, getting the CMOS time, adjusting the max loop, the sk98lin networking 
| driver, and SquashFS. Presently, the Linux kernel that SplashTop uses is 
| Linux 2.6.20.11.    
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=915&num=1


ASUS add WiFi-N, quick-boot Linux to P5E3 motherboard

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| hat last part is perhaps the most interesting; ASUS are calling it Express 
| Gate, but it’s basically a fast-boot alternative that, in just five seconds, 
| bypasses Windows and gives you a web-browser running in a custom Linux OS.   
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http://www.slashgear.com/asus-add-wifi-n-quick-boot-linux-to-p5e3-motherboard-267643.php


Review: Tiny Asus Eee packs a big punch

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| The Asus Eee PC has been heralded as a groundbreaking new computing 
| experience and great for children. While the computer didn't bowl me over, my 
| kids were another matter.  
| 
| [...]
| 
| The Eee PC is appropriate for people who are always on the go and for whom a 
| smartphone just isn't smart enough. It seems to fit neatly in the gap left 
| between smartphones that do little more than push email and full-blown 
| laptops that are overkill in many mobile situations. I could easily see 
| myself giving up my BlackBerry for a portable computer like this one and an 
| EVDO card so I can truly work from anywhere. Perhaps in a future iteration 
| the Eee PC will be exactly what I'm looking for.      
|
| If I were in the market to equip my children with a computer to call their 
| own, there's no question -- the Eee PC gets my vote.  
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http://www.linux.com/feature/124240


Review: Eee laptop PC shreds the rules

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| Unencumbered by Windows, the Eee boots up so quickly I didn't bother counting 
| the seconds. Its Wi-Fi chip links with the Web in a flash, and its webcam — a 
| feature missing from many laptops triple the price — turns it into a video 
| messaging device with the help of eBay Inc.'s Skype, which comes pre-loaded. 
| There are USB ports for peripherals, a port to connect to a monitor, and — 
| most essential — a flash memory slot to expand its meager storage. Battery 
| life is advertised at 3.5 hours.      
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080110/ap_on_hi_te/techtest_asus_eee


Little Linux Laptops: Build It and People Will Come

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| Verdict
| 
| You can hardly go wrong in getting a notebook computer for less than $400. 
| Any one of these units represents a highly compact and usable computer for a 
| very reasonable price. The prevailing wisdom in computing has always been ‘Go 
| smaller, pay more’, but these latest Linux laptops are battling that 
| philosophy nicely. But then Linux has always gone against the wind.    
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http://www.performancepccanada.com/?defaultarticle=1117&defaultnode=516&layout=20&pagefunction=Load%20Layout&formfields[sect_title]=Reviews


Asus Says Eee PC is Most Successful Product Ever

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| An interesting piece of news from Asus’s press conference is that the Eee PC 
| is their “most successful product ever,” according to Engadget. This is 
| potentially huge news for Linux on two levels.  
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http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/01/07/asus-says-eee-pc-is-most-successful-product-ever/


Asustek Eee PC shipments beat expectations

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| Asustek has shipped almost 350,000 units of the Eee PC in the quarter, ahead 
| of the 300,000 estimated, according to Taiwan's DigiTimes. 
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http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/12/21/asustek_eee_pc_shipments_beat_expectations.html


2007's most important IT lesson is spelled with an Eee

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| The Eee shows too just how out of date the 'is Linux ready for the desktop?' 
| argument is. Yes it is. Anyone can pick up an Eee with its standard Linux 
| distro - or with a number of freely available alternatives - and just use it. 
| That alone revitalises the 'is this paid-for operating system value for 
| money?' question.    
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006830o-2000331777b,00.htm?new_comment


Asustek ups Eee PC sales f'cast by two-thirds

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| Asustek had said that it hoped to become the world's fifth-largest laptop PC 
| vendor by 2010. 
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http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTP4901620071128


Asus Eee PC as 'hard to get your hands on as a Wii'

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| Asus' elfin Eee PC is coming to Japan and it's going to get 16GB of 
| solid-state storage, it has been claimed. Meanwhile, in the UK availability 
| has reached Wii-like limits, according to insiders.  
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/18/eee_pc_wii_japan/


Microsoft's Big Problem in a Small Box

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| Vista is a big operating system that demands monster graphics and dual-core 
| processors. But what if the market pines for a whole lot less?  
| 
| [...]
| 
| The mass move to mobile computing is a destabilizing force and harbinger of 
| change. Microsoft's position would be better if Vista didn't demand so much 
| when the market wants so little.  
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/desktop_mobile/microsofts_big_problem_in_a_small_box.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/2sg6xy


Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs

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| Opinion -- Sometimes, several unrelated changes come to a head at the same 
| time, with a result no one could have predicted. The PC market is at such a 
| tipping point right now and the result will be millions of Linux-powered PCs 
| in users' hands.   
| 
| [...]
| 
| Microsoft will fight this trend tooth and nail. It will cut prices to the 
| point where it'll be bleeding ink on some of its product lines. And Windows 
| XP is going to stick around much longer than Microsoft ever wanted it to. 
| Still, it won't be enough. By attacking from the bottom, where Microsoft can 
| no longer successfully compete, Linux will finally cut itself a large slice 
| of the desktop market pie.      
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2414535067.html

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