23 Aug
2001
23 Aug
'01
11:45 a.m.
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, John W. Linville wrote:
I agree. However, Linux is still *somewhat* x86-centric. Also, I don't
necessarily think WindowsNT on Alpha and PowerPC should be disregarded
completely. ELKS is excellent. Period. I've never had problems with
it. I have with MINIX though. (I build controllers for industrial
robots.) But, if you truly want to go multiplatform, NetBSD is the one to
beat. I run it on six platforms myself.
Peace... Sridhar
Effectively,
Linux is as i386-centred as Win NT. Nominally, it might not be.
That is a VERY unenlightened (and incorrect) opinion. There are a
number of highly function distributions for a variety of systems raging
from the PalmPilot to an S/390 mainframe. The Linux kernel runs on at
least 8 major processor families with a number of variations within each
family. Probably the most interesting developments currently in the
Linux community are in the embedded systems arena. Perhaps you should
pick-up a copy of Embedded Linux Journal sometime and have a look?