David Rakestraw wrote:
I agree...mostly, but installed minix3 on a usb stick just for the
hell of it
and was impressed that it boot without problems on my laptop.
Although this is not a Desktop OS, there is less and less need for
desktops
and more need for fast, cheap, simple, networkable OSs. As networks
and the
Internet get faster and more efficient, these little guys can be
used on very
inexpensive devices to connect network appliances or "throw-away"
devices.
Remote desktops to Xservers using cheap expendable devices for example.
Here is one of those type of devices http://www.projectblackdog.com/
to which one of my PowerPc buddies porten http://www.openqm.org an
Open Source version of Pick.
BTW, Larry, that message of David Rakestraw never showed up on my system.
Henry
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