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I feel like that's why they said "into" and not "on"

• ineedasername 5y ago
  Sure-- still a misleading headline though. There's not much in the headline that truly indicates what the author was actually doing. "Into" doesn't begin to describe the fact that Linux was on an rPi, not the laptop. In the context of software like an OS, you don't expect "install" to mean a hardware device unless that's specified. If the headline was "Installing Linux into a TV from 1989" you wouldn't expect it to actually just be the author shoving a linux-capable SBC in there. The article has merit but when the headline is pure click bait it's difficult for me to look past that.
  • varjag 5y ago
    I think anyone remembering TVs from 1989 would in fact expect that.
    • ineedasername 5y ago
      When I wrote it I was envisioning some high end TV from the time, like the Sharp Nintendo TV, and the expanded RAM of a specific cartridge like some of the 3rd-party multi-game cartridges. Or maybe something smaller like LUnix. If it wasn't that, I would expect a more truthful headline like "Embedding Linux SBC into a 1989 Television". If the headline of this had been "Embedding rPi Zero into a 1989 Laptop Chasis" then I would have though oh cool and checked it out rather than being annoyed that clickbait made it onto the HN front page.
      • varjag 5y ago
        That was a really oddball product that most people never heard about let alone considered owning. My parents bought a higher-end '89 Sony model back then. What it meant was a tuner up to 40 channels, a whopping 25" Trinitron tube curved only in one degree (i.e. cylindrical) and OSD for most functions. The pinnacle of TV technology was Picture-in-Picture, and that's about it.