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Well, this morning we have a BIG announcement. Thanks to our growing partnership with Asus, Splashtop is going to be shipping on over a million motherboards a month.
“In response to great user feedback, our plan is to proliferate Express Gate across our entire motherboard product portfolio, starting with over one million motherboards per month,” says Joe Hsieh, General Manager, ASUS Motherboard Business Unit. “Consumers want to turn their PCs on and off like any other appliance, and Express Gate has made that possible.”
Note that Express Gate is what Asus calls Splashtop.
This is obviously a big deal to us and everyone involved in DeviceVM. An incredible amount of hard work, patience and perseverance is paying off. To think that 1 million motherboard purchasers a month are going to get our environment is thrilling. Millions of people getting to their favorite web applications seconds after hitting the power button. This is what the team has worked so hard to provide.
Congratulations, everyone! This is just the beginning.
Rafe Needleman at Webware has already covered it here.
Sal Cangeloso over at Geek.com has covered it here.
Thanks Michael Larabel at Phoronix for covering it here.
Nice! We’re on slashdot here. Thanks Timothy.
Rob over at TECHGAGE did a very complete writeup here.
Check our press section for more stories about Splashtop and developments related to this announcement.
May 14th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
[...] 14, 2008 Wow Posted by secret.caesar under Computers Splashtop + Asus = Wow. [...]
May 15th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Well done guys!!! Just please watch for any possible exploits/security holes…
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/173220
May 15th, 2008 at 3:36 am
[...] good news is that Splashtop will soon be shipped on virtually all Asus motherboards - according to the company blog that could be a million or so motherboards every month! March of the penguins indeed. A huge [...]
May 15th, 2008 at 3:56 am
[...] million mobos a month with the feature, chances are it’ll be on a machine near you relatively soon.Read | Permalink | Email [...]
May 15th, 2008 at 3:56 am
[...] million mobos a month with the feature, chances are it’ll be on a machine near you relatively soon.Read | Permalink | Email [...]
May 15th, 2008 at 3:57 am
[...] million mobos a month with the feature, chances are it’ll be on a machine near you relatively soon.Read | Permalink | Email [...]
May 15th, 2008 at 3:58 am
[...] million mobos a month with the feature, chances are it’ll be on a machine near you relatively soon.Read | Permalink | Email [...]
May 15th, 2008 at 3:59 am
[...] million mobos a month with the feature, chances are it’ll be on a machine near you relatively soon.Read | Permalink | Email [...]
May 15th, 2008 at 4:01 am
[...] million mobos a month with the feature, chances are it’ll be on a machine near you relatively soon.Read | Permalink | Email [...]
May 15th, 2008 at 4:02 am
[...] million mobos a month with the feature, chances are it’ll be on a machine near you relatively soon.Read | Permalink | Email [...]
May 15th, 2008 at 5:03 am
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May 15th, 2008 at 6:04 am
[...] A Million Motherboards a Month is a Good Start (via [...]
May 15th, 2008 at 6:16 am
I love firefox. It is a pretty good idea for quick email cheking. even ubuntu is slow to startup
May 15th, 2008 at 6:57 am
bacancito!
May 15th, 2008 at 9:02 am
We’ve seen the Splashtop instant-on OS demoed on ASUS gear in the past[...]
May 15th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
[...] computers so that I can look up my software issue with my working computer while my other was down. Splashtop is a great idea really that runs Linux, as well as your typical open source apps like Firefox and [...]
May 16th, 2008 at 1:18 am
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May 16th, 2008 at 4:04 am
Thunderbird allows for the use of add-ons! The one that this instant on OS could use is the Thunderbird SynchKoLab add-on with calendar and contact synch (can be read only) with IMAP server. So - this would work with no local storage, AND would allow for this instant on Desktop (or for Laptops) to have the ability to synchronize data between multiple email clients (bringing along the contact and calendar data for use)!
See:
http://www.linux.com/articles/53463
or see:
http://www.gargan.org/extensions/synckolab.html
May 17th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
This strikes me as a great platform to build an HTPC (Home Theatre PC). If you could have a system that boots into, say, MythTV in seconds (bypassing the initial options screen), this would be the ideal HTPC for the living room. Imagine instant access to your music and video collection, as well as streaming content, in just a few seconds. Is this on the cards?
May 18th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Sounds cool, can’t wait trying it! The fact that it’s linux makes it even better!
May 18th, 2008 at 6:46 am
[...] čtvrtek oznámila společnost DeviceVM, že jeden z největších výrobců základních desek Asus bude instalovat [...]
May 18th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
[...] Per maggiori informazioni consultare questa pagina [...]
May 19th, 2008 at 12:41 am
[...] comprende i modelli P5Q Deluxe, P5Q-WS, P5Q3 Deluxe e P5Q-E), l’obiettivo prefissato è quello di includere Splashtop su tutti i modelli fabbricati da Asus, oltre un milione al [...]
May 19th, 2008 at 7:47 am
[...] Asus va introduce in placile sale de baza o noua facilitate, numita Express Gate. Practic aceste placi de baza vor avea integrat Splashtop, o distributie minimala de Linux, accesibila imediat dupa pornirea calculatorului. Asadar, utilizatorii placilor de baza Asus vor putea folosi un sistem de operare imediat dupa pornirea calculatorului, fara a avea nevoie de nici un dispozitiv de stocare suplimentar. Mai multe detalii sunt disponibilie aici. [...]
May 19th, 2008 at 8:51 am
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May 20th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Congratulations!!
BTW, have you thought of getting into thin clients?
A combination of splashtop and VDI would be a great way to consolidate computing.
As a bonus, you could support offlining of VM’s running remotely.
Here is how it could work…
splashtop+kvm:
splashtop on laptop should run a kernel with kvm support.
Remote desktop using ICE and SPICE.
User wants to offline..
The VM is checkpointed and transfered to laptop.
Desktop using ICE and SPICE on local VM.
User goes online again. Sync up the checkpoint to server.
Afrer initial full sync the later checkpoints could be incremental.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
[...] esta nota pues hoy navegando por Fayerwayer (EL blog geek, no hay más) descubrí que Asus lanzará placas madre con linux ya listo dentro de la computadora. Traducción: prendes tu compu y en cinco segundos (sí, cinco [...]
May 21st, 2008 at 7:58 am
[...] heeft bekend gemaakt dat ze hun splashtop, een lichte linux-distributie om mee te surfen en om mee te skypen, gaan [...]
May 21st, 2008 at 11:10 am
testing after upgrading
June 4th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
[...] ASUS: Betriebssystem schon auf MOBO Splashtop [...]
June 12th, 2008 at 11:34 am
[...] Instant-on Desktops - Tired of waiting for your computer to boot just to check one email or to get an update from a website? Well here comes Splashtop and Asus. Asus will be including Slashtop on millions of their motherboards and you will begin to treat your computer like an appliance. Within just a couple seconds from hitting the power button, you will go into a customized Linux environment regardless of what OS you have on your hard-drive, and can email, browse, and chat. [...]
June 13th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
[...] Instant-on Desktops - Tired of waiting for your computer to boot just to check one email or to get an update from a website? Well here comes Splashtop and Asus. Asus will be including Slashtop on millions of their motherboards and you will begin to treat your computer like an appliance. Within just a couple seconds from hitting the power button, you will go into a customized Linux environment regardless of what OS you have on your hard-drive, and can email, browse, and chat. [...]
June 14th, 2008 at 7:55 am
[...] Over at the Splashtop blog, This is obviously a big deal to us and everyone involved in DeviceVM. An incredible amount of hard work, patience and perseverance is paying off. To think that 1 million motherboard purchasers a month are going to get our environment is thrilling. Millions of people getting to their favorite web applications seconds after hitting the power button. This is what the team has worked so hard to provide. [...]
June 15th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Congratulations! I have been reading a bit on this and can’t wait to try it out. Don’t have much experience with Linux, but looking to build a secondary PC, and want to give this a shot.