Plug computers

[Eliot Frost]

Perhaps something like Scratchbox <http://www.scratchbox.org/>could help?
I've not used it much myself, but it was part of the Maemo SDK, to allow you
to compile ARM applications on your desktop then move them over.

>From the site:

> Scratchbox is a cross-compilation toolkit designed to make embedded Linux
> application development easier. It also provides a full set of tools to
> integrate and cross-compile an entire Linux distribution.
>

DISCLAIMER: I have practically never complied anything that didn'thave a
makefile. This is just speculation.

Eliot

On 27 September 2010 19:28, Stewart Russell <scruss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Some people - admittedly, probably not very sane ones - are running
> full Ubuntu/Gnome setups off these things. USB hub, USB display, drive
> and keyboard. Supposedly works well.
>
> The limitation I found was compiling things quickly got old. With no
> swap and limited RAM, a whole bunch of things just wouldn't build.
> Creating swap on a USB drive helped, but it brought back memories of
> booting a MicroVAX from a TK-50 tape drive ... zzz.
>
>  Stewart
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