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Charmed Announces Crusoe-based Linux Wearable

Posted by timothy on from the gargoyles-take-heed dept.

isdale writes: "Charmed Technology, founded by MIT Media Lab graduates, announced what it claims is the fastest available wearable computer -- 800Mhz Crusoe TM5800 processor. The CharmedIT comes standard with a 266 Mhz Pentium MMX for about $2k. The Crusoe upgrade costs another $500. The OS is extra ($250 for RedHat or Debian), as is the display, input device, carrying case, battery, charger, usable application ... if that isn't enough options, you can also get a DIY kit."

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  1. Re:Gaping Anus by hettb · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Hello, there are German history sources:



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  2. Xfree86 Going Commerical and Subscription based by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hello,

    I just came from BSDCon02, and wondered why no one has mentioned this here on /. If you've seen the XFree86 webpage lately, you'd notice the realy weird "Commerical Products -- comming soon" and etc. Well what's happening is that Xfree86 is being converted into a corporation (yes yes... I think they are currently an Inc), and guess what! They will be giving the source free, but pre compiled binaries would cost 2 dollars a pop. And if you have some exotic hardware you want xfree86 ported on, hehe, it would cost a lot. So where is this headed? Also, btw, they are going to close the cvs (for stability reasons they say), but you can subscribe to the cvs for 1 dollar per 100 MB (not bad?).

    What do you guys think of this? About everthing we know that's not GPL going commerical at some point (even the ones that we thought were GPL ... oh Divx fsckerS?)

    One more thing I just remembered, under this the advanced driver modes.. Xv.. blah blah would cost (they are trying to modulize those that arnt already as well). But, the basic core would still be free. And the price is not a set price, it's all subscription based just like m$