On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:47:26 -0500, Arland Fritz wrote:

> Poll - What's the most successful Linux device to date?

The mobile phone.

Arland Fritz wrote:

> Poll - What's the most successful Linux device to date?
>
> A specific item or device is preferred. So something like 'embedded
> devices' would be too broad and general of an answer.
>
> My vote is the Tivo.
>
> While something like the PS3 (and XBox) *can* run Linux... they normally
> *don't* run Linux by default.


Micoshaft's Pista and Appil Computer's OS ex.

They all have most of the features that Linux has had for eons.
see www.youtube.com and search for beryl and compiz to
see what I mean.

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:47:26 -0500, Arland Fritz wrote:

> Poll - What's the most successful Linux device to date?
>
> A specific item or device is preferred. So something like 'embedded devices'
> would be too broad and general of an answer.
>
> My vote is the Tivo.
>
> While something like the PS3 (and XBox) *can* run Linux... they normally
> *don't* run Linux by default.

Mobile Phone.

On Jan 25, 1:47 pm, "Arland Fritz" wrote:
> Poll - What's the most successful Linux device to date?

> A specific item or device is preferred. So something like 'embedded devices'
> would be too broad and general of an answer.

> My vote is the Tivo.

I would agree. Linux powers quite a few DVRs, and most others are
running on other UNIX variants. TiVo has a wide appeal to a mass
market, and has become a verb. When someone says "I need to TiVo
that", it's a good sign of success.

Other good candidates would be WiFi hubs, since they are practically
everywhere, but they are not as visible as the TiVo boxes.

7 wrote:
> Arland Fritz wrote:
>
>> Poll - What's the most successful Linux device to date?
>>
>> A specific item or device is preferred. So something like 'embedded
>> devices' would be too broad and general of an answer.
>>
>> My vote is the Tivo.
>>
>> While something like the PS3 (and XBox) *can* run Linux... they normally
>> *don't* run Linux by default.
>
>
> Micoshaft's Pista and Appil Computer's OS ex.
>
> They all have most of the features that Linux has had for eons.
> see www.youtube.com and search for beryl and compiz to
> see what I mean.
>

The most un-successful Linux device would be a walking 7. She runs Linux
be default. She has an embedded Linux solution in her pea brain. It's a
total disaster, a botched operation that went terribly wrong.

"[H]omer" wrote in message news:ngsp65-v1r.ln1@sky.matrix...
> Verily I say unto thee, that Robin T Cox spake thusly:
>> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:47:26 -0500, Arland Fritz wrote:
>
>>> Poll - What's the most successful Linux device to date?
>>

>> The mobile phone.
>
> Good answer.

So how exactly can any consumer tell if their cell phone is running linux?

Will cell phones tell people about linux in any way, shape or form? I doubt
it.







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