Asus expressgate

[spdaniel91]

Hey guys, you know that embed OS that boots in 5 seconds on ASUS motherboards? I was looking if there's any linux distro (or anything) that can do that. If it had firefox and pidgin it would be ok.

[cardinals_fan]

Hey guys, you know that embed OS that boots in 5 seconds on ASUS motherboards? I was looking if there's any linux distro (or anything) that can do that. If it had firefox and pidgin it would be ok.
That IS a Linux variant called Splashtop.

From the Splashtop site:
Splashtop has two components. One is a real-time operating system that runs out of the system BIOS. The second is an optimized Linux stack that boots rapidly and can run most Linux-based applications.

[spdaniel91]

Yes, but I can't find any download link on it's website.

[cardinals_fan]

Yes, but I can't find any download link on it's website.
That's because it's built into the motherboards.

[cammin]

http://www.splashtop.com/open_source.php
Obviously it's just the open source part of the code. But at least you know what apps they're using.

[mips]

Yes, but I can't find any download link on it's website.

It does not work on all BIOSes at the moment.

EDIT: First you will require the right type of BIOS chip and secondly you will most likely require the tools to program it assuming you cannot flash it.

[cammin]

Phoronix forums (http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?p=40215) has some info about putting it on a USB stick and customizing it. They're mostly running it in virtualbox. You can search that site and get some more information.