jg nospam at izap.com
Vaughan Pratt wrote:
> >I am just curious as to what the real benefits are to running LINUX on a
> >PC110
>
> I run my PC110 in two basic modes. On the road I use it as a PDA, at
> home or work I plug it into the net and access it remotely from my
> desktop, or anywhere else in the world for that matter.
>
> For the former mode I'm not really sure how big an advantage Unix is
> over Win95. However for the latter there is absolutely no question:
> Unix beats Win95 hands down, and so that's what I run on my PC110,
> which is why I don't know much about the former.
>
> Everything you can do at the machine, X-windows lets you do remotely,
> only better because you have a full-size keyboard and a much larger
> monitor letting you bring up any reasonable number of large and
> readable windows. Win95 offers nothing like this, in fact it doesn't
> even ship with a telnet daemon! To get even a fraction of the
> capability of Xwindows under Win95 requires very expensive third-party
> software.
>
> For all I know Win95 might do other things badly too, but its medieval
> networking philosophy is preventing me from finding out what its other
> failings might be.
>
> Vaughan Pratt