which type are architecture is demanding in the market

x86 or other why?
which type is easy to learn and play around with linux.

regards
chandra

Tony Jones wrote:
> I'm thinking of buying a **cheap** Embedded Planet board to learn
> about embedded Linux development. I'm not actually going to embed the
> board in anything, just play around with setting it up and developing
> code for it. Secondary goal is to play with a non x86 architecture.
>
> I narrowed my choices to:
> RPX Classic CC (CLCP 860)
> RPX Lite CC (LICE 850)
>
> I'm leaning towards the LICE850 as it comes with built in Ethernet.
> [Assume I could plug in a PCMCIA Ethernet card into the CLCP860?]
>
> Base kernel support for these boards????
> Looking at the Kconfig for kernel.org 2.6:
>
> - RPXLITE supports the Embedded Planet RPX Lite MPC823 boards.
> Does it also support their MPC850SR boardsets such as the LICE850?
>
> - RPXLITE supports RPX-Classic (MPC860) which I assume includes the
> CLCP860?
> I also noticed there is another config choice of RPXCLASSIC which
> supports the MPC860.
>
> Is there a particular *free* ppc distribution that is recommended for
> targetting these boards? I'm assuming I will seperately need to get
> the DenX ELDK toolchain?
>
> If anyone has any other tips/suggestions for a total beginner, I'm all
> ears. If there are better/cheaper hardware platforms or you know of a
> used board I'd be very interested to hear from you.
>
> thanks in advance