The baby started crying and I forgot to finish this reply. > The supported consumer hardware is here: > http://www.armedslack.org/doku.php?id=supported_platforms > > The easiest way to use it is to buy a Marvell SheevaPlug. > The reason someone might buy an ARM device is varies - but many people > like them because of their low power consumption. In particular the "plug > computer" devices from Marvell have a very small physical footprint.
To answer the question specifically about where you could use armedslack. Slackware is a multi purpose OS - intended for servers and workstations. ARMedslack has come from and continues to be aimed at desktop/workstation ARM computers with local storage; a fast CPU (600MHz is the minimum I would want for ARMedslack); a good amount of RAM (256MB is the minimum, but 128 works too); ethernet; keyboard and mouse My feeling is that ARMedslack is 99% identical to Slackware x86 once installed. Therefore, to continue your x86 experience of Slackware on the ARM platform, the intended hardware would have similar characteristics to a PC. In the case of the SheevaPlugs, they have 512MB RAM and ethernet, and can have a USB or eSATA disc attached and have a 1.2GHz CPU. So for a headless server they are ideal. The OpenRD client is basically a PC with an ARM CPU: http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-openrdcdetails.aspx However, there's nothing stopping developers from using ARMedslack as a base: stripping it down, making a custom kernel, adding some additional software and putting it on an "embedded" device such as a mobile phone; and that is the beauty of open source :-) -- Stuart Winter Slackware ARM: www.armedslack.org _______________________________________________ ARMedslack mailing list [email protected] http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack
