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Re: Cheap netwinder computers



David Welton <davidw@gate.cks.com> wrote:
> On slashdot they have an article about cheap netwinder computers.  Can
> anyone testify as to exactly how far along the linux port is?  If I
> get one of these things, will I be able to do anything at all with it
> other than try and get things to work?  I heard the processor was
> *much* slower than an Intel as far as its FPU is concerned.  Comments?

You might want to subscribe to netwinder@jimpick.com, which is a focal
point for the debian -> netwinder port. Linux runs, but there's a few
libc issue which are still shaking out (I don't know if any are left).

My impression of it was that it was reasonably quick.  Then again,
I didn't benchmark the fpu.

-- 
Raul


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