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Linux Desktop to Appear On Every Asus Motherboard

Posted by timothy on from the positive-move dept.

An anonymous reader writes "We first heard about Splashtop back in October, when the instant-on Linux desktop was announced. At the time it was a really exciting concept but Asus only rolled out the technology on high-end motherboards. Splashtop just announced that Asus will be expanding the desktop to the P5Q motherboard family and later on to all Asus motherboards. That's embedded Linux shipping over a million motherboards a month! The release also mentioned that the technology will be appearing on notebooks this year as well."

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  1. Great timing! by sm62704 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    My PC just died; it looks like a power supply failure but I haven't disemboweled it yet to see, most likely the thing's full of cat hair and its fan stopped. If it's the power supply I'll just get a new bare-bones box.

    Now I have to research prices. Tha bad news is since I'm not really into PC gaming any more, the lowest of low end boards will do, and iinm asus is pretty high end, isn't it?

    Linux on the motherboard will free up disk space as well as booting faster.

    I'm intrigued. I guess I better rtfa now!

    --
    mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
  2. Ok this is good... Now I have a couple of question by McNihil · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Not troll questions... seriously...

    Why is Microsoft relevant or have I missed them being marginalized to oblivion?

    Didn't Microsoft have a special deal with ASUS the other day regarding Windows?

    GM not wanting VISTA? (Don't blame them.)

    Why would any frugal investor stay with Microsoft these days?