ASUS is to embed a lightweight, instant-on version of Linux called "Splashtop" into all its motherboards, following good feedback from customers.
On Wednesday, DeviceVM, the company behind the distribution, said the hardware manufacturer would be putting Splashtop — which ASUS calls "Express Gate" — into a million motherboards a month. Splashtop includes a Firefox-derived browser and the Skype Internet-telephony application.
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