I’ve been roundly disappointed by the Xandros Linux build on my 20GB Eee PC 900, but not quite enough to remove it. Ubuntu et al take far too long to boot; Moblin shouldn’t work, given its new Atom requirement; Windows is too bloated and slow to boot, although it would be okay with a conventional [...]
Here’s what someone should build (Tom – Are you listening?):
It seems patently obvious that there would be a market for an entirely self-contained, easy to use SOHO inventory management device. Call it “Library in a Pocket” or something like that, but all you need is a cheap little ARM based Linux handheld with a barcode [...]
(Major Update: Amazon suddenly cut off international IP address access to their store, including from countries that lack separate Amazon storefronts and including military and aid workers, and right before Christmas. If only I’d seen it a week earlier: Could and would have shifted $1000 of my gift spending elsewhere. Perhaps you/others should?)
The competition:
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