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Survey of Linux-Based Gadgets & Devices

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-lust-after dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NewsFactor Network recently asked: Where Are All the Cool Embedded-Linux Gadgets? Well, LinuxDevices.com has just updated its answer to that question. The Embedded Linux "Cool Devices" Quick Reference Guide now encompasses 123 Linux-based gadgets and devices in 7 categories, including PDAs, mobile-phones, IP-phones, audio/video entertainment, tablet computers, gateways/routers, servers, wireless access points, robots, web-enabled cameras, telematics, industrial controllers, wrist watches, and last but not least, a DIY category: little Linux systems for projects and products. Lots of great pictures, too."

16 of 137 comments (clear)

  1. Linux-Based Smart Dildos! by corebreech · · Score: 3, Funny

    Talk about an embedded product!

    When will TechTV demonstrate this I wonder?

    Bring on Sumi Das!!!

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    1. Re:Linux-Based Smart Dildos! by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

      To boldly go where no Linux geek has gone before, eh?

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    2. Re:Linux-Based Smart Dildos! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's a sad day when my operating system is getting more than I am.

  2. Re:Aibo? Asimov? by Enraged_jawa · · Score: 4, Funny

    Aibo's don't have enough memory to run linux, but if they did I can imagine tens of thousands of them wandering the streets looking for 802.11b hotspots, finally converging in one area where their "owners" would arive and order espresso, pizzas, etc. I think the mp3 player in the Honda Element run's linux, though.

  3. Re:The NIC is very nice. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    how do you tell the difference between a wire going "in" and a wire going "out"?

  4. Sigh by nemski · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great, more things my wife won't let me buy.

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    1. Re:Sigh by primus_sucks · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe you could work out a trade:)

    2. Re:Sigh by Grishnakh · · Score: 4, Funny

      This gave me a great idea: Slashdot should add a "female relationships" section. Here's a topic to get it started: How you avoid women like this when you're dating? It seems most guys don't realize their future wife will be like this until after they've tied the knot.

  5. But but but... by ivern76 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They forgot to list my favorite embedded Linux device :( Beowulf clusters of atomic supermen!

  6. Lots of cool stuff here... by plughead · · Score: 1, Funny

    But. I'm still holding out for some SpaceGhost(tm, probably) style Power Bands!

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  7. Do you think by teamhasnoi · · Score: 1, Funny

    that in the Bizzaro universe, there are a bunch of DotSlashers posting about the attempts at porting Win-does to these closed-source Lunix monopoly products?

  8. Re:Aibo? Asimov? by Enraged_jawa · · Score: 4, Funny

    32 megs not enough for you?
    Well, yeah, but only if you stick a memory stick up its ass but they are real slow when used for for dynamic ram..

  9. Re:switching to FreeBSD by neurostar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ever try posting about BSD in a Linux group?

    Bah, that's nothing... Try posting about IRIX in the Windows 95 support forum...

  10. Re:switching to FreeBSD by RLiegh · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bah, that's nothing... Try posting about IRIX in the Windows 95 support forum...

    Or VMS in a WindowsNT support forum...?

  11. Re:SELF MADE PRODUCT by MoThugz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does your mrs work in Transmeta? I'd be going for that blood test ASAP after junior's birth if I were you.

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  12. Re:Dish 721 PVR by batura · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think this could be a first.... slashdotting a satellite reciver.