From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 21 18:25:28 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4651B106564A for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:25:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09F758FC18 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:25:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws18 with SMTP id 18so1515338vws.13 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:25:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.96.193 with SMTP id du1mr682539vdb.206.1311272727333; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:25:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.100.73 with HTTP; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:25:27 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.186.21] In-Reply-To: <20110721165801.GC69370@guilt.hydra> References: <375e5bcac1acd4b781ef97bd1718e689.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> <20110721161356.GI5129@think.gnix.co.uk> <20110721165801.GC69370@guilt.hydra> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:25:27 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:25:28 -0000 On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 05:13:56PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: >> >> Also, due to the nature of the course-work I absolutely could not work >> with anything other than UNIX and so I have to select my hardware >> around my choice of OS which of course is FreeBSD. > > This is a bigger deal than people might realize. =A0If Android actually > exposed more of the Linux underpinnings it might be somewhat useful to > me, but as it stands it is essentially just a toy. =A0Unless and until I > get a full-power OS (preferably a real BSD Unix) on a tablet, no amount > of peripherals, ubiquitous network connection, and internal power will > make up for the simple fact it's just a damned toy. Full ack! I was considering buying one of those new ARM-based ASUS tablets (1) to do some ARM assembly programming. Of course, I'd have liked to replace Android with FreeBSD/arm or another BSD (or even Linux), but I'm not sure it can be done already. So I'm holding off, because I don't need a toy, I need a fully working OS on that thing, an OS with a full suite of compilers etc... (1): http://www.amazon.com/Transformer-TF101-A1-10-1-Inch-Tablet-Computer/d= p/B004U78J1G > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] -cpghost. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/