On Thursday 29 December 2016 02:31:49 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/28/2016 4:07 PM, Joe wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:20:06 -0600 > > > > Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > >> What I'm looking for is a retail product that would compete with > >> PDA's of a decade ago. > > > > I think they're called 'smartphones'. > > Hardware wise, if all cell network connectivity was removed - OK. > It would have to be delivered as a "rooted" device so I could > install only the software that I actually wanted rather than what > some marketer that never met me just knew I desperately needed. > > IOW I want Linux, *NOT* Windows ;/ > > >> Raspberry (sp?) Pi's have the compute power. But their form > >> factor is terminally CLUNKY. > > > > That's because there are all those socket thingies all over them. Which > > makes them useful in the real world. > > They serve a significant market. I'm just not part of that market. > Using software as an analogy, my world view resembles the target > audience of "Linux From Scratch" &/or Slackware but I'm willing > to trade some of that flexibility for the convenience of Debian's > repository of precompiled and tested software. > > >> Besides which I'm looking for an > >> "off the shelf" solution. > > > > To which *precise* problem? > > Me ;} Think in terms of Greek archetypes.
Did you look that up before you used it??? You are most emphatically NOT a Greek archetype. You are, according to you, sui generis, one off, unique. ;-) Lisi
