has this happened to you?
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| Author | Content |
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| gus3 Mar 06, 2010 10:37 AM EDT |
I recently had to buy a new clock-radio, because the buttons on the old one were wearing out and mis-behaving. The one I bought has an included backup battery, which was supposed to keep the time and date set at the factory. Unfortunately, the battery charge was exhausted by the time I bought it. In looking through the warranty information, I found the following: Quoting:To obtain warranty service, you must deliver the product, freight prepaid, in either its original packaging or packaging affording an equal degree of protection...And the first thought that entered my mind was, "Will they care if I've switched it to Linux?" Somehow, I think a lot of people, more than merely the manufacturer, will care if I manage to install Linux on this thing. |
| hkwint Mar 06, 2010 11:20 AM EDT |
Huh, I don't understand, how are you going to make your clock-radio run Linux? Is it some kind of computer? I mean, the 20 yr old clock radio I have cannot run any OS as far as I know. |
| gus3 Mar 06, 2010 11:26 AM EDT |
Precisely. Although, for all I know, it's running some kind of embedded OS in there... |
| lcafiero Mar 06, 2010 11:58 AM EDT |
It's probably Debian. Debian has a version for EVERYTHING! |
| gus3 Mar 06, 2010 1:33 PM EDT |
Except Sparc32. http://wiki.debian.org/Sparc32 |
| Bob_Robertson Mar 06, 2010 1:43 PM EDT |
> Except Sparc32. Which sucks, because Debian ran GREAT on the SPARC-2. |
| penguinist Mar 06, 2010 2:46 PM EDT |
Speaking of clock radios, my last purchase was a Chumby. Not only does this Internet clock radio come preloaded with Linux, but they also enable root, build in sshd, and provide not only open source but also open hardware schematics. I think sometimes we get so busy complaining about the companies that oppose open source that we forget to praise the companies that embrace the open source ideals. Three cheers for Chumby. |
| Steven_Rosenber Mar 07, 2010 1:12 AM EDT |
You know which currently maintained Linux distribution runs on 32-bit Sparc? None as far as I know. It's OpenBSD, NetBSD and Solaris 9. I almost forgot MirBSD. I'm not counting Splack Linux (Slackware for Sparc 32), which doesn't appear to be terribly active. |
| Sander_Marechal Mar 07, 2010 6:05 AM EDT |
Another vote for a Chumby here. They are great :-) |
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