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Now you won’t need to start up Windows for a web session. With the new P5E3 Asus builds in Linux, a Firefox clone and Skype directly onto the motherboard. They call the solution for Splashtop. With this new product Asus raises the bar for what one can expect from a motherboard. By including an operating system and basic web functions you won’t need to start the “main system” for simple Internet activities.

Everything is based on a Express Gate solution, Splashtop. Instead of starting Windows the user can boot up a Linux distribution which is built-in on the motherboard. From which you can surf the net, send emails and perform some other Internet tasks.

Of course the card will have all the other standard components as well. Intels X38 circuits is built in as well as a module for energy saving. Support is also found for Core 2 Quad, DDR3 memory and ATI Crossfire.

Asus P5E3 will be launch for sale on the 10th of October. The price will land somewhere above $300.

Source: Phoronix

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