[aklug] Re: ARM Processors

That, I'm not sure about. Why don't you buy me one and I'll check it out
for you ;-)

Actually, they mention on their website "visualization clients for
Windows, Linux, Mac, embedded". They don't don't do into the details of
it however.

http://www.fxitech.com/products/ (look under "Technology
Specifications")

Jim G

On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 23:40 -0900, Christopher Howard wrote:
> 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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