-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Even Better: Linux to *Be* on More Desktops than Windows
,----[ Quote ]
| With apologies to my boss, a story in today's Wall Street Journal has me
| thinking that the future of Linux deployment might perhaps be even better
| than he predicted.
|
| The realization didn't come quickly. My first glance at the paper is about 10
| minutes after rolling out of bed and starting the process of getting my kids
| to school. I'd like to be able to tell you that as soon as I saw the article,
| I made the instant leap to my conclusion, but in reality, at 0-dark-hundred
| my thought process is something like this: "mrmmsmrm... coffee... mehhphrm
| drmhfsp... coffee..."
|
| Apparently something must have clicked, because I had the presence of mind to
| netbooks, and how hardware vendors are scrambling to get some new offerings
| out the factory doors after the very popular Asus Eee PC came out in 2007 and
| made a big splash in an otherwise bleak electronics market.
`----
http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/blog-entry/even-better-linux-be-more-desktops-windows
Recent:
A hands-on look at the Splashtop instant-on Linux environment
,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----
http://www.linux.com/feature/128004
Related:
Preboot environment turns PC into CE
,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----
http://www.deviceguru.com/2008/01/18/preboot-environment-turns-pc-into-ce/
SplashTop Running On Prototype ASUS Notebook
,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=965&num=1
CES 2008: DeviceVM's Splashtop
,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----
http://techgage.com/article/ces_2008_devicevms_splashtop
Embedded Linux goes Open Source
,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/11/21/asus_p5e3_embedded_linux_goes_open_source/1
SplashTop Source Code Released
,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=915&num=1
ASUS add WiFi-N, quick-boot Linux to P5E3 motherboard
,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----
http://www.slashgear.com/asus-add-wifi-n-quick-boot-linux-to-p5e3-motherboard-267643.php
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAklqprkACgkQU4xAY3RXLo5X9wCfcJE29IS1Ffrkb31KFthNgmJA
rzoAoLQrzGxvBvSclxNjG2Y+6yMKx9ZQ
=gj7e
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
