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pholy · 01-20-2010, 10:45 PM

I haven't found anything on the 'nuances' yet, but the wikipedia article is a start, and then the developers intro page starts to make some sense. Linux Journal had an article way back in March 2008 which may be somewhat dated now.

It looks like a modified Linux base (no X11, different libC) using a custom Java VM and custom class libraries. Obviously the phone control can be pulled out to give us netbooks and e-readers...

Some days I feel like I'm getting too old to keep up with everything - I used to try.

01-20-2010, 10:45 PM	#5
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	I haven't found anything on the 'nuances' yet, but the wikipedia article is a start, and then the developers intro page starts to make some sense. Linux Journal had an article way back in March 2008 which may be somewhat dated now. It looks like a modified Linux base (no X11, different libC) using a custom Java VM and custom class libraries. Obviously the phone control can be pulled out to give us netbooks and e-readers... Some days I feel like I'm getting too old to keep up with everything - I used to try.