Plug computers

[Jason Shaw]

I'm interested in plug computers from a geek perspective, but I've not
really come up with a situation where I'd need one.  For those of you with
them, what are you using them for?

-jason

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Eliot Frost <web-d7rjRpVnz4HL3mmD008VJw at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 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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