Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:34:56 +1000 | From | Daniel Stone <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Single user linux |
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On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 01:16:03AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > Quit being a naysayer. UNIX on a PDA is a wet dream. > > What real value does it have, apart from the geek "look at me, I'm using > > bash" value? > > It means I can do anything on my ipaq I can do anywhere else. I can run > multiple apps at a time. I can run X11. I can run the palm emulator even ;)
How long does it take you to write "date"? Plus, aren't you content with IRCing on your *phone*? ;)
> Its the same reason Linux is valuable on an S/390 mainframe. Its a common pool > of apps, environments and tools. Anything your PC can do, my ipaq can do.
OK. "time make bzImage". Of course, mine's really slow (and I will consider myself publically humiliated if my only Linux machine is beaten on a kernel compile by an iPAQ). I 'spose, if it only goes into suspend, the ability to write "uptime" on it constitutes a walking penis extension after a while?
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