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zridling:


Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (or SJVN as I call him), piles on with the various corporatized names of the Splashtop browser OS for Windows that's actually Linux. It's built for Windows users wanting to get on the web, check their mail or social media fast. At least that's the first impression most users have. It's essentially a dual boot, but it defaults to Bing as the search engine, Chrome as the browser, and pre-installs Flash. It's been around for a few years, but it coexists with Windows very well.

http://www.splashtop.com/os
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/splashtop-linux-for-windows-users/8379

housetier:
I wonder how many users gripe about not having internet explorer available ;)

The idea is nice I think: if it really boots in a very short time.

nudone:
cool, going to give this a try on my netbook - if it boots quicker than windows 7 coming out of hibernation then i'll use it for sure.

app103:
According to their site, only a short list of HP computers are supported...nothing else, unless it was preinstalled on it when you bought it.

4wd:
According to their site, only a short list of HP computers are supported...nothing else, unless it was preinstalled on it when you bought it.-app103 (March 02, 2011, 02:17 AM)
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Then you can try xPUD, (works fine on my Aspire One), which I mentioned here, (along with SplashTop and InstantOn a few posts down).

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