Re: Debian ARM success story: Debian desktop on a TS-7300

2006-07-13 Thread Dustin Harriman
Lennart wrote:What gives you the idea PPC is disappearing?  Thanks for asking Lennart, I'll gladly clarify my point of view: I think PPC will eventually disappear as being in *home computers*.  And I'm talking about *general purpose* computers that can run software from the mind-bogglingly huge p

Re: Debian ARM success story: Debian desktop on a TS-7300

2006-07-13 Thread Bill Gatliff
James: Spending some time doing this would allow one to develop expertise so you can separate hype from bullshit. --in case anyone cares, James 1. Get out more. :) 2. Most of what you said cannot be substantiated, and borders on hype itself. But I do appreciate the time you s

Re: Debian ARM success story: Debian desktop on a TS-7300

2006-07-13 Thread James
Bill Gatliff wrote: > Lennart Sorensen wrote: > ARM on the other hand who knows. I suspect it still stick > >> around in small embedded sytems along with MIPS and PPC. > > Rmk says he's got an SMP ARM machine, so maybe they're headed upwards > too. > > OT: I'd love to see MIPS stick around, tho

Re: Debian ARM success story: Debian desktop on a TS-7300

2006-07-13 Thread Bill Gatliff
Lennart Sorensen wrote: ARM on the other hand who knows. I suspect it still stick around in small embedded sytems along with MIPS and PPC. Rmk says he's got an SMP ARM machine, so maybe they're headed upwards too. OT: I'd love to see MIPS stick around, tho. Not saying it isn't, but...

Re: Debian ARM success story: Debian desktop on a TS-7300

2006-07-13 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 08:57:26AM -0700, Dustin Harriman wrote: > I also wrote a blog entry about why I settled on this particular computer: > http://ca.blog.360.yahoo.com/dustinharriman?p=7 > Basically, I feel it's really important that there is a viable, alternative > architecture for home users

Re: Debian ARM success story: Debian desktop on a TS-7300

2006-07-13 Thread Dustin Harriman
Hi Andrew,I don't know much about the FPGA.  I do know that Technologic Systems pre-programs it to contain the ability to drive some of the components on the board, like -the vga port (one must simply use the fb driver of x.org).  That is to say, there is no video chipset on the TS-7300.  That is

Re: Debian ARM success story: Debian desktop on a TS-7300

2006-07-13 Thread Bill Gatliff
Dustin: Dustin Harriman wrote: Hi all, I wanted to post an ARM success story here, in case anyone searches this list seeking a particular, current, viable example of a Debian-compatible ARM machine on the market right now that might actually interest home users. Here is a summary of my exp

Debian ARM success story: Debian desktop on a TS-7300

2006-07-13 Thread Dustin Harriman
Hi all,I wanted to post an ARM success story here, in case anyone searches this list seeking a particular, current, viable example of a Debian-compatible ARM machine on the market right now that might actually interest home users.  Here is a summary of my experiences so far: I've set up a minimalis