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Is it wrong of me that I wouldn't mind turning one into a Linux system and not run Android or play games? (After all this is Hacker News...)
by xradionut 14y ago
Is it wrong of me that I wouldn't mind turning one into a Linux system and not run Android or play games? (After all this is Hacker News...)
- eropple 14y agoAn ODROID would probably be better for your purposes. http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/main.php http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/main.php
- xradionut 14y agoConsidering features sets, an Odroid wouldn't be as cost effective.
- abraininavat 14y agoWhy would you do that? The days of yearning for a small hardware platform on which one can install Linux are over. You can fit Linux on a computer that would fit in your wallet.
- xradionut 14y agoWhy not? That's the question to ask. :)
- DanBC 14y ago> Why would you do that? There's a tradition of putting operating systems on anything. FreeBSD runs on cameras and game consoles and all sorts of devices that did not intend the user to install an OS. So it's just a fun gimmicky project.
- Bjartr 14y agoBecause it's there[1] [1] http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml
- nazgulnarsil 14y agoyou can get android on a stick for $24
- stinos 14y agowell even before I backed it I realized a) I don't have time to play games and b) it's been years since I played any game so I'm not sure if I'll like it. So I just bought it with the idea of running a distro with SickBeard/SabNzbd/Xbmc. Just like I did with the Raspberry Pi, but that is just a tad too slow. So, no, I wouldn't say you're wrong. It's good to see people are still into this stuff.