ASUS MB Ships w/Linux

[jack]

On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 21:56 -0400, NoOp wrote:
> Yes, I know that some might think that this post belongs on Sounder...
> However I ran across this when searching for Asley's ASUS MB (Dual
> monitor possible thread?) and thought that I might pass this along
> anyway:
> 
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=869&num=1
> ASUS Motherboard Ships With Embedded Linux, Web Browser
> Published on October 06, 2007.
> Written by Michael Larabel.
> 
> <quote>
> The good folks over at ASUS have sent over the P5E3 Deluxe, which is
> based upon Intel's new X38 Chipset and continues in the usual ASUS
> fashion of pushing new (and often unexpected) innovations onto the
> motherboard. Without spoiling the review of this motherboard that will
> be published shortly, the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe is one of the most
> innovative
> motherboards we have seen to date and it packs one very exciting and
> unusual feature. Embedded onto the P5E3 Deluxe is a Linux environment
> that features a Firefox-rebranded web browser and the Skype VoIP 
> </quote>
> 
> Full article at the link above.
Yep. It really should be on sounder, but *WOW*...
An interesting innovation none the less.