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Behind The Coolest Gadgets - Linux or Windows?

Posted by timothy on from the no-wait-it's-forth dept.

An anonymous reader submits "Sister sites LinuxDevices and WindowsForDevices have kicked off what they're calling the Great Embedded Device Smack-Down, to see whether Linux or Windows Embedded powers the best and coolest devices. The Smackdown highlights more than 350 gadgets in nine categories, along with some entertaining "pre-game commentary" featuring the latest market share figures for the two OSes and a whacky clipart image of Stone Cold Bill Gates taking on The Tux."

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  1. iPod? by mblase · · Score: 4, Informative

    The iPod's OS isn't MacOS. It isn't even made by Apple. They bought the OS and most of the hardware spec from PortalPlayer and then customized it to their liking.

  2. Re:Neither? by koi88 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not mac os, not linux, not windows.
    Apple bought the iPod's operating system from Pixo, a small company, that meanwhile has been acquired by Sun (try www.pixo.com).
    It seems to be a proprietary OS.
    Some information: http://www.fact-index.com/p/pi/pixo.html

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  3. One of the coolest gadgets: Tomtom GO by MrBoombasticfantasti · · Score: 4, Informative
    I recently got a Tomtom GO navigation system and it is absolutely awesome. Link may be a bit flash heavy.

    It runs Linux and it's miles better (pun intended) than the Windows CE counterpart Tomtom Navigator 3 which has occasional glitches.

    If only it could run *BSD... ;-)

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