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Survey of Linux-Based Gadgets & Devices
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."
Does anyone know where I can find I list of MS-based gadgets and devices? I'd like to know, as my 4-year-old needs things to tear apart and build things with. He has broken most of his electronic toys already.
This bloated Linux is not my cup of tea. Real computers use CP/M, not this fru fru looking Line-ux.
Don't you mean that request you received from ThunkGeek to talk these up in a marketing kind of way?
How transparent.
Another one got caught today, it's all over the papers. "Geeks apprehended in Child Poronography Bust", "Geek publicy shamed after holding girl's hand." "Damn, shower-ridden geeks. They're all alike." But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950s technobrain, ever take a look behind the eyes of the geek? Did you ever wonder what made him suck cock, what forces shaped his penis so small, what may have molded him? I am a geek, enter my world. Mine is a world that begins with slashdot. I'm smarter than most of the other moderators, this crap they post bores me. "Damn goatse troll. They're all alike." I'm in by dark, cool basement. I've listened to those people with lives upstairs explain for the fifteenth time how to get some fine pussy. I understand it (not!). "No, Ms. Smith, I didn't take my acne medicine. CowboyNeal ate it." "Damn CowboyNeal. He probably did eat it. They're always gettin eaten by that tub-o-lard." I made a discovery today. I found a computer. Wait a second, this is cool. It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it up. Not because it doesn't like me, or feels threatened by me, or thinks I'm a smart ass, or doesn't like teaching and shouldn't be here. Damn geek. All he does is play games. They're all alike. And then it happened... goatse opened to the world...rushing through the phone line like heroin through an addict's veins, an electronic pulse is sent out, a refuge from day-to-day incompetencies is sought...slashdot is found. "This is it...this is where I belong..." I know everyone here...even if I've never met them, never talked to them, may never hear from them again...I know you all...Damn geeks. Stinking up the basement again. They're all alike...You bet your ass we're all alike...we've been spoon-fed baby food at school when we hungered for steak (not!)...the bits of meat that you did let slip through were later on stolen by CowboyNeal (true!). We've been dominated by sadists, or eaten by CowboyNeal. The few trolls that have something to teach found us willing pupils, but those few are like drops of water in the desert. This is our world now...the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty and the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn't run by profiteering gluttons (ie, CowboyNeal), and you call us criminals. We explore...and you call us losers. We seek after knowledge...and you call us criminals. We exist without girlfriends, without nationality, without religious bias...and you call us criminals. You have girlfriends, you have suntans, you socialize, fuck, and lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the losers with friends like CowboyNeal. Yes, I am a geek. My crime is that of a loser. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for. I am a geek, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but you can't stop us all...after all, we've all got horse cocks (not! perhaps a few).
It lets me know which products not to buy.
WARNING! ALARUM! Parent has placed hidden and instantly executing links in the message to Al-Qaeda recruitment pages, child pornography caches, and pro-homosexual propaganda. The server running this site has been compromised by this stealth exploit! This only affects HTML on Linux. Linus Torvalds has instructed all system admins to patch their servers with Windows XP Datacenter.
from the stuff-to-lust-after dept.
I lust after beatiful women. If a fountain pen running Linux gets you hot and bothered, hey, to each his own, I guess.
There are only so many things you can do with that pen (ha ha you have dirty mind) .. but the right woman can keep you happy for a lifetime. I suggest you folks work on finding Mrs. Right instead of playing with Mr. Penguin every night (again you have a dirty mind).
Well unless this gadget has WiFi built-in. Then I guess maybe I could hold off on the woman. Look, I can make the light blink whenever it finds an access point!! Cool!!!!! Just echo 1 > /dev/light! Woo hoo! Awesome! LOOK!!! L1NUX R00LZZ0RS!!!
I've seen several posts recently where people complain about having "infinite" Meta-Mod points. Almost like it's a burden.
... remove bad moderators from the M1 eligibility pool."
It most certainly is not. It is a gift to patient, karma-whoring trolls. Read the Meta-Mod FAQ.
Say you encounter a typical "OMG BILL GATES IS TEH SATAN!" post by, say, circletimessquare. It's been duly modded up as "Insightful" by some unknown editor or slashbot. Why not Meta-Mod that as "unfair"? Sure, you won't have any significant effect on either the poster's karma or the person who modded them up, but you will "help
Similarly, suppose you encounter a post by a troll seething with racism and hatred. It's been duly modded down as "Troll" or "Flamebait". This too is "unfair"! That post increased the noise, and as such was very valuable. It belongs in +2 territory with something by Perens, surely! Whoever modded that down should be removed from the moderation eligibility pool, post haste!
(Note that you don't have to support the racist shite in the post. The poster probably doesn't either; he's just doing it for the reaction.)
This is the same thing that happens to positive-karma troll accounts when they upmod a troll. They're found out in Meta-Mod, and lose their ability to moderate.
It's time the trolls use the same weapons as the slashbots! If you moderate, use "-1 Overrated" since those don't get Meta-Modded. And Meta-Mod whenever you get the chance! I mark almost everything as "unfair", though I occasionally see a very obvious troll being upmodded, which I mark as "fair" or leave alone.
Either that, or just have fun. Whichever.
P.s. FUCK YOU, michael
Most of them don't have a MMU, so the system crashes just as often as windoze CE :(
... that some of us still shop based on "buy the best product overall based on features, price, and reliability" principle rather than the "if it's 6 degrees from Linus Himself, get it!"?
I'm as big a fan of Linux as the rest of you, but when it comes down to hard-earned cash expenditures, I vote with my wallet and my brain, not my heart (which years for Linux).
Jesus fucking Christ people, get a hold of yourselves.
Just an hour ago ago, American watched as two brave souls gave it their all on stage in front of millions of American Idol fans as Clay and Reuben attempted to become just the second Idols in what was the closest contest ever. The two contestants received over 24 million votes in total, yet the margin of victory was less than 2 thousand votes. Reuben Studdard ended up being crowned the champion, but there are 12 million Americans who are extremely upset because Reuben was not their choice for the next American Idol.
And here we are, as belligerent as ever, browsing Slashdot cluelessly and reading about the latest Linux gadgets. Great.
You clowns need to be lambasted by a clue-by-four. Get your priorities straight.
Let's work on the important things first and then move on to refining the Linux operating system.
If you're that desperate for sex, you've got to get some counselling.
(Updated Mar. 21, 2002)
Jesus, CmdrTaco, can't you find something less ancient to post? What about your belly-button lint? Or how you've started deleting JEs and posts?
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I just saw you post because it was above mine. Really, I say -- why?? Like who cares? Linux, BSD, Hurd, its all a big happy family. Linux is your full-featured "got it" OS with all the multimedia crap, BSD is more like a lean and mean server OS, and Hurd is the one we don't talk about.
BSD on "cool" devices -- naah. My Coolometer is flat-lining on BSD. Hurd is cooler than BSD.
That being said, BSD is awesome, it just isn't all that cool.
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I saw one show and i got the feelling that TechTV is more into FREEBSD!!
Laydies and gentlemen FREEBSD! we got FREEBSD!
Welcome back we're talking FREEBSD! the 1337 operating system that's better than Linux.
much worse than goatse
My soon-to-be-born son will run linux!!!Children a product of the future!
Check it out! Linux based crack!
choose me
If the latest revalations regarding IBM's possible leakage of copyrighted Unix code into Linux have proven anything, it is that using any derivative of this outdated operating system is a legal disaster waiting to happen. Not only is Linux licensed under the anti-business GNU General Public License, but it turns out that commercial code may have been unlawfully added, making it illegal to use or distribute.
This should suprise no one familiar with the history of Unix. The earliest version was an unlicensed ripoff of the proprietary Multics operating system, and was partly responsible for destroying the market for this pioneering operating system. The Berkeley Shareware Distribution (BSD) was sued by AT&T in the early 1990s, for openly distributing copyrighted code in its public-domain source releases. As if this wasn't enough, it turned out that AT&T had also broken the license on code they had taken from BSD, leaving both sides forced to essentially accept the other's illegal behavior in order to avoid stiffer penalties.
Reputable software companies such as Microsoft, though initially interested in Unix, have learned to steer clear of the mess of standards, licenses, and conflicting intellectual property rights that Unix forms. Microsoft Windows XP is the latest release of Microsoft's flagship version of Windows, built from the ground up in the early 1990s based on the most modern concepts in operating systems, without any legacy baggage from the 1970s. And it is available essentially for free, preloaded on hardware from all major manufacturers. There is really no reason to use anything else, unless you need a truly high-performance computing system such as IBM's proprietary OS/390 or HP's OpenVMS.
Now that I am 30, it's time to make some changes. Birthdays, like New Year's, are time for reflection. It's a time to take inventory and work towards self improvement.
Change does not necessarily mean making a resolution. It's true that life would be better if my waist line was thinner, if my bank account was fatter and if (by some miracle) I could finally keep the vow of being nicer to everyone I met.
Like you, I've made those promises in the past, only to be disappointed by failure. At 30 it's time to be realistic. No longer will I be held hostage to unattainable resolutions. The changes I'm promising to make, are things where there's actually a fighting chance of success.
For instance, from here on out, I'm going to make it a point to remember my pump number at the gas station. That's something that never bothered me in my 20's. The irresponsibility of youth would allow to me walk to the counter totally clueless of the crucial information.
It made prepaying virtually impossible: "What pump are you on?" The clerk would always ask.
"I don't know. The one with the blue truck." I'd tell her.
"Oh, you mean pump 8?" she would say.
"Sounds good to me," I would respond in total confusion and walk away never really sure if I just paid for someone else's gas.
That type of behavior may have been acceptable in my 20's, but not now.
Things are also going to change when it comes to my music habits, too. Not the type of music I listen to, that will stay the same. But the way I buy music will change. From now on, I promise to only purchase a CD if I've heard at least two songs on the album. My music collection is filled with CDs that have one good song and nine bad songs. That's just not appropriate behavior for a mature man of this advanced age.
In this next decade old photos will actually bring me comfort not despair. How much time was wasted in my 20's getting depressed over old pictures? It's true the images captured on film were often of a thinner Doug with much more hair, but that will no longer get me down. One of the changes I'll make is to accept the physical change that has already taken place.
If the following phrase should come out of my mouth: "I'll give you a call this weekend so we can get together," this time I am actually going to mean it. I've muttered those words too often in the past, only in the hopes that by the time Friday rolled around there would be a better offer on the table. Being friends with someone in their 30's is knowing you are not just a "plan B."
If my clothes aren't clean, you can take it to the bank that I won't wear them anymore. Women won't understand this promise. Most men will understand, especially when it comes to socks. "Oh these don't smell too bad, I can get away with wearing them one more time." That promise should have been made after my college graduation. At 30, it's better late than never.
Speaking of socks: if a pair doesn't match after doing the laundry than the single partner will be thrown away. Being young is all about being hopeful. Being an adult though is all about facing reality. The sad truth is once a sock is gone, it stays gone. Of course the moment the lonely partner is thrown, I know the old sock will suddenly reappear.
I am also going to start throwing away hangers. My closet is full with wire hangers provided by the dry cleaners. They seem to be multiplying like rabbits. "Why throw them away?" a younger Doug may have asked. "One day I'll have enough clothes for all those hangers." Only a seasoned individual would realize that there's such a thing as having too many clothes, so the hangers will have to go.
None of these changes will make the world a better place to live. The new and improved Doug won't live longer or look better. In fact, most of my friends won't even notice a difference.
In my 20's all that would have bothered me. Not now. Because the ultimate change I'll make in the next decade is to learn how to appreciate the quieter success.
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.
Or if you get one that won't let you buy stuff, you can change her by making her wear one of those shock-collars for disobedient dogs. I make my girlfriend wear one, it works wonders.
After a few rounds of voltage to the base of the skull, they'll pretty much accept one of these, no problem.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.