[Leaplist] Instant "On" Linux by MSI, follows ASUS Linux on-board

[patrick]

MSI has announced (at CEBIT Show), their instant "On" Linux, which seems 
a lot more polished than what they showed back in January.

It appears to be that Linux is in some kind of Flash ROM, in a module 
that plugs into the USB buss on the mainboard, but, pinouts are not 
shown, yet.  I think a similar neat thing can be accomplished by anyone 
simply using a LiveCD of Linux, or a USB drive, with Linux on it.

What is cool is that MSI is another major market vendor pushing Linux to 
accomplish Skype, email, web browsing, and more, with minimal resources, 
FREE, and to every consumer!

May 2008, Asus  announced that all the top line products made after June 
21st, 2008, would instant boot to Linux, from a small menu on screen as 
soon as the BIOS was loaded.

MSI, by putting their product into a small module, might be able to 
expand it's popularity to even older products already released!

Here is the link:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/msi-winki-hands-on-its-an-instant-on-os-but-for-desktops/

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