ASUS bringing Splashtop instant-on OS to all its motherboards

jmke · 15th May 2008, 12:33

We've seen the Splashtop instant-on OS demoed on ASUS gear in the past, and now it looks like the company is making the love official: it's going to start shipping it on all its motherboards. ASUS is calling the platform "Express Gate," but it's the same instant-on, ready-to-browse environment we've known about since October: an embedded Linux distro that runs Firefox and Skype off a memory chip linked directly to the BIOS. You might want to hit that link and check out the screenshots, actually -- with ASUS set to ship over a million mobos a month with the feature, chances are it'll be on a machine near you relatively soon.

http://www.splashtop.com/blog/index....-a-good-start/

15th May 2008, 12:33	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	ASUS bringing Splashtop instant-on OS to all its motherboards We've seen the Splashtop instant-on OS demoed on ASUS gear in the past, and now it looks like the company is making the love official: it's going to start shipping it on all its motherboards. ASUS is calling the platform "Express Gate," but it's the same instant-on, ready-to-browse environment we've known about since October: an embedded Linux distro that runs Firefox and Skype off a memory chip linked directly to the BIOS. You might want to hit that link and check out the screenshots, actually -- with ASUS set to ship over a million mobos a month with the feature, chances are it'll be on a machine near you relatively soon. http://www.splashtop.com/blog/index....-a-good-start/ __________________

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