splashtop os

[Michael Butash]

I had a few Asus devices that made uses of Splashtop, or tried to...

First was a "nettop" device, an eeeBox pc that I bought to make into a 
portable linux server and network management/monitoring/discovery 
appliance I used in consulting.  It was pure linux OOB, but I wanted to 
try to at least check out Splashtop as the bios kept nagging me about 
it, but said I had to install it.  Only way to install it was to install 
windoze and do it from there...  fail.

Looking at their site:

Version v1.0.5.2 Installs via Windows (size: 2MB)

Am I the only one it really annoys when linux wannabe vendors just 
"assume" you still use a native boot of windoze?

That's like selling a Ferrari that requires a Yugo to drag it around... 
  ugh.  I'll just take Lamborghini Ubuntu without the Yugo, thanks.

-mb


On 09/03/2011 02:26 PM, Joseph Sinclair wrote:
> I don't mind the tagline, I hate that you have to run Windows in order to install it, there's no means to install from Linux.
> I can't support any Linux-based system that requires a separate, proprietary, and very broken, system as part of it's design. That's like getting a Ferrari that requires you to tow a Yugo around with it as a push-start cart and is not compatible with anything better.
>
> On 09/03/2011 11:13 AM, Andrew Harris wrote:
>> I hate the tagline "Quicker Queries".
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Eric Shubert<ejs at shubes.net>  wrote:
>>> http://www.splashtop.com/os
>>>
>>> This is based on linux.
>>>
>>> Opinions?
>>>
>>> --
>>> -Eric 'shubes'
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