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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. Slash fixed now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    was slash slashdotted, or was it a server problem?

    I think we need to know.

    1. Re:Slash fixed now? by Truid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      see this post for more info 503 errors on 7/28/2004 seems to have been a perl issue but I doubt we will ever know the truth. Security Through Obscurity the slashdot way .

    2. Re:Slash fixed now? by mysterious_mark · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Looks loke slashdot got slashdotted?! Had to drink an entire cup of coffee slashdot free! M

  2. thats just wrong by Zorak+Man · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I knew gats didn't like linux, but to resort to violance, I didn't think he was even that low.

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  3. A couple of things by carrett · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1. The site is a linuxdevices.com..somehow i think this "grapple" will be biased.
    2. that said, the truth in my experience is that linux supports damn near anything and if it doesn't, you can almost always find a third-party driver because drivers are easier to write when the kernel is open source.
    3. that said, windows is the dominant OS and *a lot* of the mainstream hardware is designed specifically for it. it might be easier to use a device you buy under windows because most "pc hardware" is made to work with windows. it might take time to find the linux driver you need, but eventually you will have it.
    4. continuing on what i said above, if windows hasn't written a driver for your device, you may never see a driver for that device. windows will never have drivers for apple mice/keyboards...they will continue to make their os support only what it needs to to stay on top. this is the difference between corporate and volunteer approaches.

    i'm sure i've only scratched the surface of things that have been said 10000000000000000 times on /. before, but i'd better shut up.

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  4. I vote for the web and google by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As the coolest 'gadgets.'