[aklug] Re: ARM Processors

From: Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com>
Date: Sun Nov 20 2011 - 23:40:42 AKST

On 11/20/2011 10:39 PM, Jim Gribbin wrote:
> There have been ways for years of running Linux inside of Windows.for
> years. Ubuntu currently has something called Wubi. You have a wubi.exe
> file on your windows box. Double click it and you're running Ubuntu.
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer
>
> There were a couple that were pretty popular when I first started
> tinkering w/ Linux around 2000, although I can't remember the names now.
>

The difference with the Cotton Candy device, though, is that the
operating system is not actually running on the Windows box. (Or do I
misunderstand?) Which leaves the question of how the Windows software
and the USB computer are interfacing. (X11?)

> The other way of using this stick is nearly identical to one of the ways
> I use my Motorola Atrix phone. I plug it into any monitor w/ an HDMI
> input. Connect my bluetooth mouse and keyboard, and I'm set.
>

Same basic idea, yes, though the Cotton Candy approach was that all the
peripherals were USB devices, connected to a USB hub. Then you just plug
the Cotton Candy into the hub and it boots up and automatically grabs
all the peripherals on the hub. I can see some convenient uses for this.
For example, in your conference room, you could have a generic
"presentation interface", with attached large screen monitor, keyboard,
mouse, etc., and visiting speakers would just have to attach their USB
stick to one port to get full use of everything, in the comfort of your
preferred OS. (Rather than the current scenario of attaching your laptop
to multiple cables, or having to download your presentation files on to
a foreign PC.)

Now, one question in my mind is: why aren't we already doing this with
our laptops? The other question is: why is it that I've never heard of
USB-interface monitors before today? (Are they a viable replacement for
VGA/HDMI?)

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