How To Install Asus Express Gate Cloud

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Call it the week of Splashtop (see our Splashtop FAQ). Earlier this week we got some alone time with the Voodoo Envy's IOS environment powered by Splashtop. Today, an ASUS representative stopped by our offices with the Eee Box and we got some more alone time with a pre-Windows Splashtop based enviornment - ASUS' ExpressGate. Though the Voodoo and ASUS Splashtop interfaces have been customized, they work in the same way. When you first press the power button on the Eee PC it takes 11 seconds (4 more seconds than the Voodoo Envy) to launch the main page ExpressGate Splashtop page. This start page has four buttons across the page, including browser, photo viewer, Pidgin chat and Skype shortcuts. You have to click on one of those buttons to enter the real ExpressGate environment. In our testing, when we clicked on the browser button, it took an additional 25 (15 seconds more than the Voodoo Envy) seconds to launch the complete ExpressGate mode and the FireFox browser. So within 35 seconds ( a bit more than ASUS' touted 11 seconds) you are ready to start surfing the Web and chatting away. The applications in ASUS' ExpressGate were the same as those on the Voodoo. However, ASUS seems to be leaving out the music player. Nevertheless, the browser, photo gallery, chat and Skype clients looked and felt the same as on the Envy and worked as promised. We were similarly able to multi task on the Eee Box in the instant-on mode. We could minimize our chat windows and check GMail in the browser. After you are done in the ExpressGate environment, you can shut down or boot into Windows XP (which takes 55 seconds on the Eee Box by our count). Check out our video below for a tour of ExpressGate. We should also mention that the Eee Box was speced out with a 80GB hard drive, 1 GB of RAM and an Intel Atom processor. It was running Windows XP and will be packaged with some software including MS Works and the Star Office Suite.
Splashtop
DeveloperSplashtop Inc.[1]
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateDiscontinued[citation needed]
Source modelClosed source[2]
Initial releaseOctober 30, 2007; 11 years ago[3]
Final release1.0.5.2[4](July 14, 2011; 8 years ago)[±]
Final previewMeeGo Edition Beta[4](August 4, 2008; 11 years ago)[±]
Update methodManual, via PC vendor[2]
Platformsx86
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
Default user interfaceBlackbox
LicenseProprietary software with open-source components[5]
Official websiteos.splashtop.com

Dec 20, 2010  Installing Express Gate after clean install. Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by jeprira, Aug 24, 2010. Does anyone know if it is possible to install Express Gate after having done a clean win 7 install (not from recovery discs, but from win 7.iso)? Had to search the Asus site to get the current Expressgate, as they.

Splashtop OS (previously known as SplashTop)[1] is a discontinued proprietaryLinux distribution intended to serve as instant-on environment for personal computers. The original concept of Splashtop was that it was intended to be integrated on a read-only device and shipped with the hardware, rather than installed by the user. It did not prevent the installation of another operating system for dual booting. It was an instant-on commercial Linux distribution targeting PC motherboard vendors and other device manufacturers. The first OEM partner for the original Splashtop was ASUS, and their first joint product was called Express Gate. Later, other computer manufacturers also built Splashtop into certain models and re-branded it under different names. The aspects below detailing these events are retained verbatim from past articles, for historical reference.

It boots in about 5 seconds,[3] was thus marketed as 'instant-on'. It uses Bootsplash,[6]SquashFS,[5]Blackbox, SCIM, and the Linux kernel 2.6.[7]

Support for Splashtop OS has been withdrawn and downloads of Splashtop OS have been disabled on the Splashtop website.

Features[edit]

Splashtop features a graphical user interface,[3] a web browser based on Mozilla Firefox 2.0[8] (later updated to Firefox 3.0), a SkypeVoIP client, a chat client based on Pidgin,[3][7] and a stripped-down file manager based on PCManFM[9][10]. It also includes Adobe Flash Player 10.[11]

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Splashtop OS shipping in HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, and other OEMs was based on Mozilla-based web browser. Google declined to be the search engine as Google did not want to revenue share on search traffic with DeviceVM.Despite Splashtop OS is Linux based, Splashtop closed partnership with Yahoo! and Microsoft Bing as search engines. After assessing Splashtop OS technology, Google decided to launch its own ChromeOS and Chromebook.The online downloadable version of Splashtop OS (beta) version 0.9.8.1 uses Microsoft Bing as search engine, a Chromium-based web browser with Adobe Flash Player plug-in preinstalled. Existing Windows bookmarks and Wi-Fi settings can be imported from Windows.[4]

Most versions of Asus motherboards no longer come with Splashtop preinstalled, as the manufacturer now limits the inclusion of its built-in Express Gate flash drive to 'Premium' motherboards such as the P6T Deluxe and P7P55D-E Premium. Other Asus motherboards allow installation of the compact OS via a Windows-only based installer on its support CD. Installation from CD requires a Windows partition to store 500 MB of files, which has to be a SATA drive defined as IDE (no support for AHCI).[12][self-published source]If one doesn't have a Windows-based machine, it is possible to install Splashtop on a USB hard drive, from the sources.[13][self-published source]

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As of June 2010, Splashtop, as supplied for Asus motherboards, had no support for add-on wireless hardware such as PCI cards.[citation needed]

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Internals[edit]

Splashtop can work with a 512 MB flash memory embedded on the PC motherboard.[14] The flash memory can be also emulated on the Windows C: drive (see below). A proprietary core engine starts at the BIOS boot and loads a specialized Linux distribution called a Virtual Appliance Environment (VAE). While running this VAE, the user can launch Virtual Appliances (VA) or container. Skype is a VA or container, for instance.[15]

The SonyVAIO versions such as 1.3.4.3 are installed as VAIO Quick Web Access.[16] The installer and the resulting SquashFS files occupy roughly 2×250 MB. The SquashFS files consist of a hidden splash.idx and two hidden folders splash.sys and splash.000 in the WindowsC:-partition, where splash.000 corresponds to splash.syspersist for a DOS file system emulation of an USB flash drive.[17][self-published source] The MD5 checksums of the various Bootsplashbs-xxxx.sqx and Virtual Applianceva-xxxx.sqx files (including a special Firefox configuration) are noted in splash.sysversion for a simple integrity check at the Splashtop start.[18] VAIO laptops offer special buttons ASSIST, WEB, or VAIO depending on the model. The power button on these laptops triggers an ordinary PC boot process, the WEB button starts Splashtop. If a Windows-version configured for VAIO is already running the WEB button only starts the default browser.[19]

The open sources used for major parts of different Splashtop versions can be downloaded.[7] Parts of Splashtop are subject to patents.[20][21][22]

DeviceVM owns various patents around instant-on techniques, including being the first OS to leverage on-board Flash for enhanced performance, and intelligently cache hardware probing info so next boot will be faster. Many techniques are now incorporated by Microsoft and other modern OS for fast startup.

Products using Splashtop[edit]

Splashtop OS screen with menu for switching built-in programs (2008)

Asus distributed Splashtop in various motherboards and laptops, including select products from Eee family, under name 'Express Gate'. Splashtop was also available in netbooks and laptops from various vendors under names 'Acer InstantView', 'HP QuickWeb', 'Dell Latitude On', 'Lenovo Quick Start', 'LG Smart On', 'VAIO Quick Web Access' and 'Voodoo IOS'.[16][23][24][25][26][27][28]

Total shipment achieved over 100 million computers annually by 2009.

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abLarabel, Michael (October 30, 2010). 'Remember SplashTop? Here's An Update On Them'. Phoronix. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  2. ^ ab'Splashtop Instant-On Desktop from DeviceVM'. Official website. DeviceVM. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010.
  3. ^ abcdLarabel, Michael (October 6, 2007). 'ASUS Motherboard Ships With Embedded Linux, Web Browser'. Phoronix. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  4. ^ abc'Splashtop OS - Support'. Official website. Splashtop Inc. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012.
  5. ^ abLarabel, Michael (November 4, 2007). 'SplashTop Source Code Released'. Phoronix. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  6. ^Larabel, Michael (July 29, 2008). 'SplashTop 'Instant-On Linux' Gets Hacked'. Phoronix. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  7. ^ abc'Open Source'. Official website. Splashtop Inc. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010.
  8. ^'LG's new X120 netbook with Splashtop-powered instant on'. Engadget. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  9. ^LinuxCommunity (March 6, 2009), LG X120 mit Splashtop, retrieved December 28, 2017
  10. ^'PCMan File Manager Download Linux'. softpedia. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  11. ^Burke, Catherine (October 5, 2009). 'DeviceVM Introduces Splashtop for Business; Instant-On Platform Offers Fast, Secure Access to Cloud Computing' (Press release). Splashtop Inc. Archived from the original on December 30, 2010.
  12. ^'ExpressGate install from VirtualBox'. Ubuntu forums. August 24, 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  13. ^Mathieu, Kévin (October 22, 2008). 'ExpressGate sur Eee PC 901' [ExpressGate on Eee PC 901]. Kinox (in French). Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  14. ^SplashTop's Instant-On Linux Desktop Geek.com
  15. ^'Core Engine' slide by ASUS as reprinted in Larabel, Michael (October 10, 2007). 'SplashTop On Notebooks, Desktops'. Phoronix. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  16. ^ ab'VAIO Quick Web Access'. SonyVAIO. 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
  17. ^'Hacking Express gate (Asus Splashtop)'. Phoronix forum. 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  18. ^Pannell, Benjamin. 'DVM-version.exe'. ExpressGate. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  19. ^'Using the Internet without Starting Windows (Quick Web Access)(the Web button)'. SonyVAIO. 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  20. ^US patent 7082526, Rong-Wen Chang, 'Mechanism for intuitively invoking one or more auxiliary programs during a computer booting process', published 2006-07-25, assigned to Elegent Technologies, Inc.
  21. ^US patent 7441113, 'Method and apparatus for the virtualization of appliances', published 2008-05-29, assigned to DeviceVM
  22. ^US patent 7827558, Rong-Wen Chang, 'Mechanism for enabling a program to be executed while the execution of an operating system is suspended', published 2010-06-03, assigned to DeviceVM
  23. ^Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (January 5, 2009). 'Everyone's free Linux: DeviceVM's Splashtop'. ComputerWorld. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  24. ^Lal Shimpi, Anand (June 3, 2008). 'ASUS Eee Box Preview & Intel's Atom Benchmarked'. AnandTech. p. 3. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  25. ^Johnson, Jennifer (October 12, 2010). 'Acer and Gateway Business Notebooks Get Splashtop'. Hot Hardware. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  26. ^Piltch, Avram (January 6, 2010). 'Splashtop 2.0 Hands-On: Customization, New Home Screen, Touch Support'. Laptop. Tom's Guide. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  27. ^Miller, Paul (January 9, 2009). 'LG's new X120 netbook with Splashtop-powered instant on'. Engadget. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  28. ^Davies, Chris (July 16, 2008). 'Voodoo IOS (aka Splashtop) video demo on Envy 133'. SlashGear. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  • Greene, Kate (January 16, 2008). 'Instant Boot-Up'. MIT Technology Review. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  • Willis, Nathan (March 6, 2008). 'A hands-on look at the Splashtop instant-on Linux environment'. Linux.com. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  • Dunn, John (May 15, 2008). 'Asus to embed Linux on all motherboards'. TechWorld. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  • 'The 25 Most Innovative Products of the Year'. PCWorld. December 27, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  • Yu, Roger (September 3, 2008). 'New laptops leap hurdles to booting up quickly'. USA Today. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
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  • Habegger, Bruno (January 9, 2007). 'Splashtop – von Null auf Internet' [Splashtop – from zero to Internet]. ComputerWorld Switzerland (in German). Retrieved July 31, 2014.

External links[edit]

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  • Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived November 6, 2010)
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