[wellylug] Linux as selling point.

David Antliff dave.antliff at paradise.net.nz
Sun Aug 7 22:04:28 NZST 2005


On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Jethro Carr wrote:
> Interesting that some retailers are using Linux as a selling point...
>
> http://www.jethrocarr.jedolinux.com/stuff/linux_device.png
>
> I wonder if it's possible to customize the Linux installation on the
> device... 20GB PDA anyone? :-)

They don't provide source code. It's a direct violation of the GPL. 
However, that said, I have an iRiver H120 DAP and it's blimmin' fantastic, 
especially running (opensource) Rockbox firmware...

www.rockbox.org

And yes it plays Ogg Vorbis (even with the stock firmware).


-- 
David.




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