BIOS boots to Linux in one second
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| Firmware company General Software announced that it is selling customized,
| quick-booting versions of its Linux-compatible BIOS firmware to the medical
| device industry. The company says its "Embedded BIOS with StrongFrame
| Technology" can boot to lilo (Linux loader) in less than a second.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5429881813.html
There are other such things, including SplashTop which takes just 5 seconds to
boot.
Related:
A hands-on look at the Splashtop instant-on Linux environment
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| Splashtop, a nearly instant-on Linux environment stored in the flash memory
| usually reserved for motherboard BIOS. The company previewed an upcoming
| revision to Splashtop at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in January,
| then gave us the chance to take a hands-on look at this intriguing system
| software.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/128004
Preboot environment turns PC into CE
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| DeviceVM demonstrated a Linux-powered PC preboot application environment that
| lets users instantly run several Internet-based applications — including Web
| browsing and Skype messaging — at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
| last week.
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http://www.deviceguru.com/2008/01/18/preboot-environment-turns-pc-into-ce/
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
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
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
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