Who has a Sony Vaio?

[Charles C. Bennett, Jr.]

Guilty ;-).

It's not a palmtop.  It's the 505TR subnote: 300MHz mobile pentiumII,
128MB RAM, 10.x" XGA color (1024x768x16), 8.4GB disk, integral v.90
modem, 1 PCMCIA slot.  A hell of a lot of functionality in less than 4
lbs.  Installing RH6 was a no-brainer - including sound.

There's one VAIO device that's even smaller but I've never heard that
anyone has put Linux on it.  There may be some glitches with X due to
the sreen geometry.

On a similar note - I had breakfast with Jim Gettys of X Consortium,
Web Consortium and Digital fame on Wednesday morning.  Two thirds of
the way through the meal he pulls a static bag out of his shirt pocket
and hands it to me.  It's Itsy.  TWM and xterm running on a touch
screen in the palm of my hand.  Yes, they plan to make it real.  No,
they can't say when.  He said they don't think it's a very useful
device without voice recomendation.  I asked if he could add "a lid
that feeps twice when flipped open" to the list of product
requirements ;-).

ccb


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US Northeast Region				Sunnyvale, CA 94089
+1 617 543-6513					+1 888-LINUX-4U
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