On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 10:34:56AM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 01:16:03AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > > Quit being a naysayer. UNIX on a PDA is a wet dream.
> > > What real value does it have, apart from the geek "look at me, I'm using
> > > bash" value?
> >
> > It means I can do anything on my ipaq I can do anywhere else. I can run
> > multiple apps at a time. I can run X11. I can run the palm emulator even ;)
>
> How long does it take you to write "date"? Plus, aren't you content with
> IRCing on your *phone*? ;)
>
> > Its the same reason Linux is valuable on an S/390 mainframe. Its a common pool
> > of apps, environments and tools. Anything your PC can do, my ipaq can do.
>
> OK. "time make bzImage". Of course, mine's really slow (and I will consider
> myself publically humiliated if my only Linux machine is beaten on a kernel
Okay. Does the word *choice* ring a bell ? Agenda VR3s are supplied with Linux
kernel (modified), and it gives you the freedom to choose what kind of SW
you want to use -- hey, it's linux and when the app fits in the memory,
there's no stopping you. Different look and feel? Different graffitti? Different
kernel? You name it and you got it (well mostly) ;-)
-- Kind regards, Robert Varga ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ n@hq.sk http://hq.sk/~nite/gpgkey.txt
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