[svlug] $400 ultraportable linux boxes

[Sridhar Iyer]

I have a Nokia N800.. it runs maemo(a debian based distro) which is
trimmed to run smoothly(man pages etc are removed). Once you ssh onto
it, its a regular machine...you can apt-get away to glory on that
machine and there are a lot of repos already available. You can drop at
my place to have a look at it..
 
It needs a separate gps unit(and a big memory card) to support gps. The
feature that I really like is that I can nfs mount my 500 gig harddisk
on it and use it as a ultraportable jukebox.. (it really makes ipod
touch look lame :) )
Many linux apps like nmap, pidgin, doom are already ported to it (There
is also a scumm emulator for it).. its nothing short of a full blown pc.

-Sridhar
On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 11:34 -0800, Larry Colen wrote:
> The treo version of pssh solves one major ultraportable need my treo
> wasn't fulfilling. However, I've been intrigued by something more
> capable as a computer than the treo, but more portable than my
> laptop. 
> 
> There are three linux boxes in the size/price range that intrigue me:
> 
> olpc xo
> asus eee pc
> Nokia N810
> 
> The OLPC has a lot going for it, but it is not meant for grownups to
> use it, right out of the box. The display is mighty tempting though.
> 
> I haven't seen either the asus or the nokia in person yet. Does anyone
> know of anyplace locally that has them to see what they are really
> like? 
> 
> Has anyone had a chance to play with these? I know Paul has an OLPC,
> and I've even spent a few minutes playing with it. How about comparing
> the other two? The GPS feature of the N810 seems to be the killer
> app. It seems that I could almost rationalize getting it as a GPS unit
> with ssh and web browsing.
> 
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