http://dogpound.projectblackdog.com/forum/forum.ph p?thread_id=14&forum_id=1 is the active link.
Obviously I don't know much about these types of things, but I do have some observations from my experience that might lend themselves to your questsions. I'm interested to hear how some interestingly compiled programs from a memory stick would work in both Linux and Windows (like the blackdog does). What OS can you plug the gumstix into and interact with it? ahhhhh. None?
After looking at your post, I think you have a point. There really isn't a comparison between the BD and Gumstix. Gumstix is a science project. No one will carry any types of settings or other items with them on it. On the other hand, the BD was built as a development platform to enable just that.
You can carry your email, settings and other data with you and keep it safely separate from the system you plug it into without having to be administrator or do any crazy configurations. So I hope you're satisfied that you might be right. The Gumstix has a strong use in robotics, while the BD might not have a strong use there, there are after only a couple of months almost 500 developers who have captured the dream of carrying my settings, programs and data with me and being able to plug it into any system.
If you're only doing to be doing a robotics project and want to be constrained to having to supply strong power that is the size of a brick, then gumstix is great! BlackDog on the other hand is being used for a breadth of things ranging from remote work to audits. Below is a link to their forum on this topic.
http://dogpound.projectblackdog.com/forum/forum.ph %5Bprojectblackdog.com%5Dp?thread_id=14&forum_id=1
the following is a link to the BlackDog forum in which discussions are made about how many things the BlackDog is being used for after just a couple of months of being in existance.
http://dogpound.projectblackdog.com/forum/forum.ph p?thread_id=14&forum_id=1
Seems to me that someone has BlackDog envy. Just buy one to upgrade that old Gumstix of yours to make feel the real capabilities instead of just being able to be used for robotics.
I have a BlackDog device and particpate in the contest. You most definately don't require adminstrator access. Just because some followers happen to click yes when Windows says to reboot, doesn't mean you need to do anything. I've plugged mine into family machines, work machines and others with no problems at all.
I think the best example of how the BlackDog's capabilities are far stronger than just the robotics use of the gumstix product is the following forum link which talks about all the uses some 15 people are using their BlackDogs for.
http://dogpound.projectblackdog.com/forum/forum.ph p?thread_id=14&forum_id=1
I just saw this at LinuxWorld San Francisco. To quote the staff at the BlackDog booth: "the BlackDog unit first presents itself as a CDRom image to the windows host to load the Cygwin X-Server as well as a tunneling network application to make use of the Windows network. It then establishes a network connection which looks like a USB network connection back to the Debian 2.6.10 kernel running on the BlackDog unit. The BlackDog can then present a UI to the X-Server running on the Windows host it is plugged into. It started with a biometric authentication running on the device. It then had other applications present themselves like Quake 2, Descent 2, Firefox, etc. This is when I became really impressed. I want one! I want to use it to take my mobile stuff with me and be able to plug into any computer anywhere even if its compromised and access the data on my other servers on the internet. Very Cool!!
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http://dogpound.projectblackdog.com/forum/forum.ph p?thread_id=14&forum_id=1 is the active link.
Obviously I don't know much about these types of things, but I do have some observations from my experience that might lend themselves to your questsions. I'm interested to hear how some interestingly compiled programs from a memory stick would work in both Linux and Windows (like the blackdog does). What OS can you plug the gumstix into and interact with it? ahhhhh. None?
After looking at your post, I think you have a point. There really isn't a comparison between the BD and Gumstix. Gumstix is a science project. No one will carry any types of settings or other items with them on it. On the other hand, the BD was built as a development platform to enable just that.
You can carry your email, settings and other data with you and keep it safely separate from the system you plug it into without having to be administrator or do any crazy configurations. So I hope you're satisfied that you might be right. The Gumstix has a strong use in robotics, while the BD might not have a strong use there, there are after only a couple of months almost 500 developers who have captured the dream of carrying my settings, programs and data with me and being able to plug it into any system.
Just because you're dog is uncovered and exposed... There is no reason to be so jealous and say such things.
If you're only doing to be doing a robotics project and want to be constrained to having to supply strong power that is the size of a brick, then gumstix is great! BlackDog on the other hand is being used for a breadth of things ranging from remote work to audits. Below is a link to their forum on this topic. http://dogpound.projectblackdog.com/forum/forum.ph %5Bprojectblackdog.com%5Dp?thread_id=14&forum_id=1
the following is a link to the BlackDog forum in which discussions are made about how many things the BlackDog is being used for after just a couple of months of being in existance. http://dogpound.projectblackdog.com/forum/forum.ph p?thread_id=14&forum_id=1
Seems to me that someone has BlackDog envy. Just buy one to upgrade that old Gumstix of yours to make feel the real capabilities instead of just being able to be used for robotics.
I have a BlackDog device and particpate in the contest. You most definately don't require adminstrator access. Just because some followers happen to click yes when Windows says to reboot, doesn't mean you need to do anything. I've plugged mine into family machines, work machines and others with no problems at all. I think the best example of how the BlackDog's capabilities are far stronger than just the robotics use of the gumstix product is the following forum link which talks about all the uses some 15 people are using their BlackDogs for. http://dogpound.projectblackdog.com/forum/forum.ph p?thread_id=14&forum_id=1
I just saw this at LinuxWorld San Francisco. To quote the staff at the BlackDog booth: "the BlackDog unit first presents itself as a CDRom image to the windows host to load the Cygwin X-Server as well as a tunneling network application to make use of the Windows network. It then establishes a network connection which looks like a USB network connection back to the Debian 2.6.10 kernel running on the BlackDog unit. The BlackDog can then present a UI to the X-Server running on the Windows host it is plugged into. It started with a biometric authentication running on the device. It then had other applications present themselves like Quake 2, Descent 2, Firefox, etc. This is when I became really impressed. I want one! I want to use it to take my mobile stuff with me and be able to plug into any computer anywhere even if its compromised and access the data on my other servers on the internet. Very Cool!!