Asus built a motherboard that boots optionally a GNU/Linux system in 5 seconds. Generally, that's a nice feature, alas the system is not entirely "free" and can only be updated via Windows. See this test article and the discussion about it.
Wednesday, 8 October, the first Fellowship meeting in the Rhein/Main
area will take place in Frankfurt: We are going to meet in the "Club
Voltaire", Kleine Hochstraße 5 (2 minutes from "Alte Oper"), 60313
Frankfurt/Main We will meet there around 19:00h