My ultimate system (and my new project)
I'm addicted to Puppy Linux and its ability to boot from CD, run entirely in RAM and save to a connected USB flash drive. You could unplug the hard drive and throw it out. New apps that aren't on the CD are saved on the USB drive.
But everybody needs a couple of Windows apps to keep the peace. For me, they are Internet Explorer (one Daily News system requires it) and our networked publishing system, Unisys Hermes. Oh ... and I guess Palm Desktop, unless J-Pilot for Linux happens to work.
So this means I'd need Wine, the Linux program that runs many but not most Windows applications over Linux.
I'm already screwing with the ethos that is Puppy, but if I could get, at minimum, Wine to work with IE 6 and ... shudder ... Hermes, then I could have my entire computing life on a CD-R and USB flash drive to carry with me at will -- and which could turn most PCs into my own personal workstation for as long as I needed it.
Total weight: about 2 ounces. Lighter than any laptop.
This is my dream system ... could it happen? It's my new project.
About this blog
Comments are back: Comments have returned to Click, but due to the thousands of spam comments clogging up the system each day, commenters must now log in. To comment, either create a Movable Type account when prompted, or create and use a Typekey account. Movable Type, as configured on this blog, allows commenters to create a Movable Type account, verify it via e-mail and then sign in to comment. Other methods of verification are OpenID, Live Journal and Vox.
Steven Rosenberg aims to learn what he does not know. He writes about it here.
Steven Rosenberg aims to learn what he does not know. He writes about it here.
Leave a comment