Linux to be embedded in Asus motherboards, offering 3-second startup.

[Joe]

But will they make their kernel sources available, in accordance with
the GPL?

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39418766,00.htm

[Mark Madsen]

Asus moved pretty quickly into compliance over the EeePC source code when
they were criticised over it, let's hope they learnt from that.

[Leonard The Committed]

On Fri, 16 May 2008 12:12:24 -0700, Joe wrote:

Sounds like a great plan, lets hope those of us that want to run our
choice of distro can stay with Asus. I've been using Asus in my personal
machines since 97 and they are as stable as a 400lb welfare Mom in line
for free cheese.

[Joe]

On May 16, 7:18 pm, Leonard The Committed <leothec...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sounds like a great plan, lets hope those of us that want to run our
> choice of distro can stay with Asus. I've been using Asus in my personal
> machines since 97 and they are as stable as a 400lb welfare Mom in line
> for free cheese.

Keep in mind though that even if Asus provided some source
code for the built-in Linux, that doesn't mean the object files in
the motherboard's flash memory correspond. They could
potentially put spyware in there and you don't know that
it's truly safe until you inspect the code and more importantly
compile and install it yourself.

As an example, what if someone at DeviceVM, which makes
the distro, is highly pro-China and decides to prevent
the embedded Firefox from loading to a pro-Tibet website?

What's needed really is for Linux partisans to replicate
what DeviceVM has done.

[Fire Ant]

Not to be prude bot you guy as a re way behind the roller furling jib on
this one as I have already read the What They're Using Michael Anti and
His Eee PC pg 16 MAY 2008 Issue 169 Linux Journal.

Oh the joys of being hated by your mother for being a pack rat ingeneral

goodnight and Happy Linux Usage,

Porter Fire Ant Smith