SplashTop To Splash Onto Notebooks, Desktops

We posted the other day about an on-going story at Phoronix, where Michael investigated the embedded Linux environment that was included with ASUS’ latest P5E3 Deluxe motherboard. As it turns out, this will not be the last we see of it. Plans are set for the technology to break out of the desktop market and target notebooks as well. This would be a great solution for those looking to save their battery power on the road, if all they need to do is surf the web.

The source code for this technology is available, but not online. If you want a copy, you need to e-mail DeviceVM and ask for a copy, which will arrive via CD. Though this technology has limited uses right now, I’m interested to see how far and exactly where it will go.

One detail that was also shed during yesterday’s briefing was word that the current SplashTop product is based upon the Linux 2.6.20 kernel. Right now, the source-code for SplashTop isn’t available for download; however, complying with the terms of the GNU GPL license, developers that email DeviceVM for the source-code can have a CD mailed to them. In the coming months the source-code will be publicly available on the Internet.

Source: Phoronix