agreed. the whole article is about masochism. I can get pretty much a better environment just by flashing a decent ROM that has a good terminal/ssh client and/

agreed. the whole article is about masochism. I can get pretty much a better environment just by flashing a decent ROM that has a good terminal/ssh client and/or a modern port of VIM. ...and then using VNC is just the conclusion that his setup is not even close to optimal. Sorry, but a netbook is way more feasible and less masochist than that ever will be. Android/ios are not useful for general purpose by design. it's not something that you can 'improve' gradually. And that's why instead of punishing me like that, i'm excited about the other 'mobile' OSes comming, like ubuntu, mozilla, etc.