In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:26:56 +0000
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> ASUS' Big Development
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> | The ASUS sneak attack. The most interesting story the
> | media is downplaying is the ASUS announcement that it
> | will have a ROM boot chip on all its motherboards,
> | which will boot Linux instantly on start-up.
Um...just out of curiosity...where is this Linux kernel
stored? It's nice to see that we can finally have the
Commodore 64 facility of "instant on" again, though. ;-)
It's been what, 25 years? (The C-64 first came out in
August 1982, according to Wiki.)
A Google coughed up
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjEwNw
which isn't horribly clear, couching things in jargon such
as the Core Engine and the Virtual Appliance Environment.
(What is this, MarketDroidSpeech(tm)?)
http://www.cnet.com.au/desktops/0,239029372,339289069,00.htm
says this will be named "Splashtop" or "Express Gate".
> | When you flick the
> | switch the machine is instantly on. (It's about time.) Of course, you will
> | have to press another button for the machine to load Windows.
Odd way of doing things; one could simply schlep GRUB
on there and have done with it, in an ideal world.
(LILO would also work.) Then again, knowing Microsoft's
habit of rewriting the boot record, maybe ASUS decided
the VmWare approach was more likely to continue to work.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | It's an extremely subversive ploy for a number of reasons. First of all, it
> | gets people used to Linux, gives them a pain-free experience, and provides
> | quick rewards. Second, it shows users that?most of the time?this is all they
> | need. And finally, it makes Windows look like a subsystem not much different
> | from a program that you run under Windows. The psychological effect of this
> | is profound, and the results could be devastating for Microsoft.
And very annoying for ASUS, if Microsoft decides to retaliate.
> |
> | What will develop naturally from such a new architecture will be Linux
> | replacement apps for the usual Windows apps. One at a time they will come.
> | Windows will boot only for those laggard apps, such as Adobe Photoshop or
> | Illustrator. The rest of the time, users will remain in Linux, which will be
> | perceived as very snappy and responsive?something missing from Windows.
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> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2325779,00.asp
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