Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Wed 30th Jul 2008 14:39 UTC
SplashTop is an instant-on Linux environment created by DeviceVM. SplashTop does not intend to provide a full computing environment, but it satisfies a home user's basic needs such as email, VOIP, IM, etc. Asus is the primary partner of DeviceVM and SplashTop started to get bundled with Asus motherboards and Asus notebooks. Now the good folks over at the Phoronix Forums have hacked SplashTop to run from a USB stick on non-Asus motherboards, run custom applications and launch a terminal inside the Linux environment.
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[quote]If it is still instant-on (boots in 5 secs), then that's a big deal.[/quote]
Is it even possible to update this thing somehow, or is there a way to save anything, such that I could install extensions (like Adblock Plus) for Firefox?
If not, the usefulness of this is somewhat limited, as most people leave their PC on 24/7 anyway. Plus, the applications (esp the browser) are going to become very outdated over time. For example, when I first got the PC I'm currently using, Firefox didn't even exist 
Edited 2008-07-30 16:06 UTC
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Yeah, I was expecting to read about an exploit in some service that gets started.
Also, is this really a big deal? How is this different than running a Live CD or any other "live" distro from a USB stick?
Sabayon has a mini edition that can actually save files on the drive between boots.