Linux Powers Lilliputian PCs

An anonymous reader writes "Gumstix is launching a whole line of dinky little PCs little larger than a Big Red Plenty Pack. The first Netstix model targets server, sniffing, and network simulation. The next model will be USB-powered, followed by models with SD/MMC slots and built-in WiFi. They come with Linux 2.6.17, and lots of room for user applications."

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Re:hmm...

[jpardey]

I am doing my stuff on linux. Using Ubuntu, as I am somewhat lazy. Not doing any piano emulation actually, and I have a feeling that would be very hard to model, unlike a guitar string w/ pickup (as a pickup works at a small range, where a piano has the whole string distace to generate the sound). I am more interested in doing my own patches, or my own modelling once I do more mathematics (yay for basic PDEs this year!). Anyway, I like ZynAddSubFX and mx44, and ChucK and pure data look very interesting. You would probably be looking for more like a soundfont player, as sampling seems to be the only way to make a good piano noise at the time being. Anyway, email me if you want... I am not that knowledgable though.