I will give pclinux a go next time, I think. Well, by lack of answers it would seem Android may just be a toy. Given nobody is putting their hand up to say 'yeah, its a good work tool'.
Will run a phone though.. No debate about that. On 12/15/11, Heracles <herac...@iprimus.com.au> wrote: > On 15/12/11 13:02, David Lyon wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:45 AM, James Linder<j...@tigger.ws> wrote: >>> When an elderly and distinguished scientist say something is not possible >>> he is nearly always wrong<smile> >> I know I could buy more memory or get multicores.. involves money and >> time.. >> >> The memory footprint of ubuntu 11 is obviously too much for the hardware I >> have >> and I'm not claiming anything else. >> >>> I found Puppy to be kewl, but a bit off the beaten track. I used it for >>> small embedded stuff, and much as I'm not a fan of the whole ubuntu >>> paradgsm it does work and there is lots of expertise if you need it. >>> >>> Still if puppy works for you then use it :-) >> Embedded is what I'm working on.. so the speed advantage is what I need. > PCLinuxOS is fast, uses a light X11 interface and works well in older > hardware and just about set up my wifi for me. I have the 64bit version > and it flies. > Heracles > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
