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Originally Posted by nekokami
Point taken. But the poster did start the thread by asking if another OS (PalmOS) could be installed, later qualified that to include "any open-source OS" and now doesn't seem satisfied with finding that Linux is already installed. Perhaps it would be helpful to step back and ask, "What applications do you want to run?" or even "What functions do you need the unit to perform?"
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Exactly. There seems to be some confusion on the original poster's part between the OS and the applications.
And technically Linux refers to the OS kernel, not any of the stuff bundled with it. My Linksys router uses an embedded Linux kernel. Because it uses Linux, the firmware is open source, and I happily replaced the original firmware with a third party version that fixes bugs and adds features. My SO is bemused by the fact that I can telnet to a command line on the router and run vi to edit scripts that control it.
But the first question I ask folks talking about what computer to buy is "What do you want to do?". The specified tasks will determine the best choice to purchase.
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Dennis