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[News] SplashTop 2.0 is Released, HP Has Linux-based "QuickWeb"

  • Subject: [News] SplashTop 2.0 is Released, HP Has Linux-based "QuickWeb"
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:09:09 +0000
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DeviceVM Releases SplashTop 2.0

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| DeviceVM has unveiled SplashTop 2.0. SplashTop 
| 2.0 introduces a completely redesigned 
| application dock, the ability to customize the 
| desktop (e.g. different wallpapers), instant 
| search, and visual navigation of favorite 
| sites and history. SplashTop 2.0 will 
| initially appear on a new Lenovo netbook, but 
| it will make its way to other vendors as well, 
| including ASUS. 
`----

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nzg2Mg

HP Mini 5102 netbook lands

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| As well as the touchscreen capability, the 
| 5102 will also have facial recognition 
| software, Linux based QuickWeb which allows 
| near instant access to Internet and files and  
| will house Intelâs new Atom processor â the 
| Pineview.
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http://www.t3.com/news/hp-mini-5102-netbook-lands?=43043


Related:

Splashtop Adds Instant-On to Acer, Sony Computers

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| DeviceVM, the folks behind Splashtop, are expanding their instant-on, Linux
| solution to new brands today. The company just announced deals with Acer and
| Sony. The Acer AspireRevo Nettop and the Sony VAIO NW notebook line get the
| Splashtop treatment, although Acer is calling theirs âRevoBoot.â
|
| By using Splashtop, the devices can boot into a functional work environment
| complete with Internet access in a browser. Itâs similar to the Hyperspace
| offering from Phoenix, but doesnât add any additional cost to the consumer.
| Hyperspace requires a yearly subscription fee, but offers more than a
| browser, music and photo app: Programs like the ThinkFree Office suite are
| included, for example.
`----

http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/23/splashtop-adds-instant-on-to-acer-sony-computers/


Splashtop In Sony Notebooks and Acer Nettops

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| DeviceVM, the company behind the quickboot mini-linux Splashtop, announces
| two great deals: Splashtop will now be embedded in Sony Notebooks and Acer
| Nettops (Aspire Revo).
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http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/06/splashtop_in_sony_notebooks_and_acer_nettops.html


Linux is the Engine Under the Hood of Instant On

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| Splashtop is a product from DeviceVM and was the first to really grab the
| attention of the laptop crowd. It comes pre-installed on laptops from Asus,
| Lenovo and VoodooPC. It's also available on a large number of Asus
| motherboards and the Asus Eee Box B202. For the developer crowd there is a
| list of the components used in Splashtop on their website along with the
| statement that they are building an SDK to make development for the platform
| easier.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6637/1/


Hands-on: HyperSpace by Phoenix joins the instant-on fray

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| Does your laptop take too long to turn on? Linux-based instant-on operating
| systems have turned up on plenty of recent laptops, such as the
| Splashtop-powered Asus N10J, and now Phoenix is jumping into the action with
| its HyperSpace OS, as featured on a handful of new Lenovo laptops including
| the S10 Netbook. We got a chance to get a hands-on preview with HyperSpace.
`----

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10131760-100.html


Phoenix HyperSpace: An Instant-On Linux Environment?

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| Fifteen months ago we exclusively showed off SplashTop from DeviceVM, which
| was an instant-on Linux environment embedded into ASUS motherboards and since
| then it has worked its way into products from other OEMs (including
| notebooks). DeviceVM continues to work on further refining SplashTop by
| adding in virtualization support and other features, along with a promised
| developer SDK. Phoenix Technologies, the company producing the BIOSes for
| many of the motherboards on the market, is today introducing their SplashTop
| competitor. HyperSpace is the Phoenix Technologies product being unveiled
| this morning with several distinct differences from SplashTop.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=phoenix_hyperspace&num=1


Everyone's free Linux: DeviceVM's Splashtop

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| Splashtop is a mini-desktop Linux distribution that's based on the 2.6.20
| Linux kernel. Currently, Splashtop comes pre-installed on pretty much all
| ASUS motherboards and on netbooks and laptops from ASUS, HP's high-end
| VoodooPC division and Lenovo.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/everyones_free_linux_devicevms_splashtop


A peek at Phoenix's HyperSpace fast-boot Linux add-on

http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT6226385607.html


The Linux Boot Sequence, Visualised

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| Most of us don't appreciate all the processes involved with our OS's boot
| sequence; we're far more interested in watching that status bar fill. In this
| visualization of the Linux boot sequence, each function is a node, and each
| line connecting the nodes represents a call, direct branch, or indirect
| branch.
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http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/the_linux_boot_sequence_visualized-2.html


Booting Debian in 14 seconds

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| Many readers will have heard about Arjan van de Ven and Auke Kok's work to
| boot an ASUS Eee 901 in 5 seconds. Inspired by this work, and because I have
| the same laptop, I decided to try to reproduce their results. So far I have
| not come very close to their 5 seconds, but I have made some significant
| improvements compared to the default boot time for Debian on that machine;
| this article describes what I've done.
`----

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/620


Linux boots in 2.97 seconds

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| Japanese embedded Linux house Lineo has announced a quick-start technology
| that it claims can boot Linux in 2.97 seconds on a low-powered system. The
| technology appears similar to but much faster than Linux's
| existing "suspend-to-disk" capability.
`----

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5185504436.html?kc=rss


My Bootchart Record: 12 Seconds to Boot, 7 Seconds to X

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| I may have to write how I did this at some point. I use Archlinux x86_64,
| with a custom kernel from Zen. It's got most of the stuff I need built in,
| and all other crap is thrown out. I further have added concurrency in rc.conf
| using @ before all but a couple of my daemons, and am using ReiserFS, with
| noatime notail nodiratime. I have further speed things along by editing
| rc.sysinit, and removed hundreds of lines of unneeded crap as well. One trick
| I found was that it is actually faster to mount an NTFS partition I have via
| rc.local, rather than fstab. That said, I can't think of anything else to
| make this faster!
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http://www.mattparnell.com/projects/my-bootchart-record-12-seconds-to-boot-7-seconds-to-x.html
http://tinyurl.com/65eexv


Reboot like a racecar with kexec

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| Kexec was originally intended for use by kernel and system developers who had
| to reboot several times a day. Soon, system administrators for
| high-availability servers found use for it as well. As systems get more and
| more advanced, and boot times get longer, end users can now benefit from it.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/150202
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