Asus to launch 'instant on' Linux laptops, May 30, 2008

Asus will be releasing five laptop models with the Linux-based Splashtop operating system that supposedly boots in just a few seconds.

A Hong Kong-based manufacturer is shipping a Linux-based ultra-mini PC (UMPC) laptop for only $250 ($180 in volume), which appears to give it the lowest price yet for a Linux laptop. Bestlink's Alpha 400 offers a 400MHz CPU and a 7-inch, truecolor display.

Despite reports to the contrary, Nokia is not embracing Linux as a platform for its mobile phones. The Finnish giant insists that comments reported by Reuters and others were quoted out of context and that nothing has changed.

Hardware manufacturer Asus has announced that they eventually plan to ship all their motherboard models with Splashtop.

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