On Tue, August 28, 2012 4:27 pm, Levi Pearson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Lloyd Brown <lloyd_br...@byu.edu> wrote: >> Basically, what I need to be able to do is something like this: >> - Web browser >> - IM (XMPP) >> - VPN (either Cisco AnyConnect or OpenVPN) >> - Email >> - SSH >> - remote text editing (vim inside ssh session?) >> > > I have an iPad and I really like it, and I have an Android phone that I > have mixed feelings about, but if I were to spec something as a remote > admin tool I'd probably pick a netbook over a tablet. System > administration, unless you are fiddling with a web-based gui, really works > better with a physical keyboard. If the netbooks seem a bit under-specced, > maybe a chromebook? For reading PDFs or browsing the web or youtube or > facebook or whatever, tablet wins hands down, though. :) >
A bluetooth keyboard is also an option for use with most decent tablets, and would remove that consideration. Android tablets (and iPads, I suppose...) can certainly do everything you mentioned. -- Matthew Walker HAM Call Sign: N7TOX Kydance Hosting & Consulting, Inc. - http://www.kydance.net/ PHP, Perl, and Web Development - Linux Server Administration /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
