[Gllug] Bush internet computer

[Pete Ryland]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 11:25:39PM +0000, Richard Cohen wrote:
> I meant to say "if we can get the Bush boxes running Linux".

Ahhh.  Silly me.  Sorry about that. :)  I did think it was a bit strange -
it all makes sense now though.

> I'm not a fan of QPE (whatever marketing name they happen to have given
> it), but I do use, support and develop (in a small way) for Familiar.

I haven't heard of Familiar before - pretty nice from the screenshots (which
are pretty old it seems) (http://familiar.handhelds.org/).

> I keep threatening to do a proper GLLUG talk on the iPAQ - the last one I

Can't wait! :)

> I like the iPAQ better as a hacker's tool/toy.  There are three things
> which Familiar gives me which I'd miss on a QPE box - completely open and
> controllable system, Python-GTK and real X.  Plus, I've had the iPAQ for

I can see a religious debate coming on: "real X" vs "Qt/Embedded".

> long enough that the Zaurus was purely vapourware when I bought my iPAQ...

Yeah, the Zaurus hasn't been around for long.  They're quite similar
products really.  And I've got to say that the thumb-keyboard is pretty much
useless, especially for unix.  16 bit display you would hardly notice the
difference I guess, but the extra ram is probably good.

Pete

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