[ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

[Rob Beard]

Chris Rowson wrote:
> I know many of you probably read Slashdot, but just in case you missed
> it, what do you think of this news? Basically, Asus are going to have
> a Linux desktop pre-installed onto a chip on every motherboard they
> sell.
> 
> http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/173220
> 
> ""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 over a million
> motherboards a month! The release also mentioned that the technology
> will be appearing on notebooks this year as well."
> 
> Good eh?
> 
> Chris
> 

That's good news.  I heard bits about this when I was looking for an 
upgrade earlier on this year, unfortanately it didn't cover the mid 
range boards I was looking at.

Still, sounds promising.

Rob