On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com> 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. If 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. Unless 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/dp/B004U78J1G > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
