Re: [PATCH] Single user linux

[Robert Varga]

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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 us=
ing
> > > bash" value?
> >=20
> > It means I can do anything on my ipaq I can do anywhere else. I can run=
=20
> > multiple apps at a time. I can run X11. I can run the palm emulator eve=
n ;)
>=20
> How long does it take you to write "date"? Plus, aren't you content with
> IRCing on your *phone*? ;)
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> > Its the same reason Linux is valuable on an S/390 mainframe. Its a comm=
on pool
> > of apps, environments and tools. Anything your PC can do, my ipaq can d=
o.
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> OK. "time make bzImage". Of course, mine's really slow (and I will consid=
er
> myself publically humiliated if my only Linux machine is beaten on a kern=
el

Okay. Does the word *choice* ring a bell ? Agenda VR3s are supplied with Li=
nux
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? Diff=
erent
kernel? You name it and you got it (well mostly) ;-)

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Kind regards,
Robert Varga
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