Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-21 Thread Fred
On 08/21/2018 01:08 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 08/21/2018 02:35 PM, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 12:29 PM Richard Owlett wrote: I also stated I wished to avoid Amazon and Ebay. From when they both first opened I couldn't figure what there role is in a transaction like

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-21 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 3:09 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > > I be of that generation, but not of them Nonsense. The right-wing result was inherent in hippieness too. Look at America. > If you wish to use a device in USA, it at minimum must meet UL and FCC > regs. I was on the supplier end of that

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-21 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/21/2018 02:35 PM, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 12:29 PM Richard Owlett wrote: I also stated I wished to avoid Amazon and Ebay. From when they both first opened I couldn't figure what there role is in a transaction like this. I would think that

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-21 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 12:29 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > > I also stated I wished to avoid Amazon and Ebay. > From when they both first opened I couldn't figure what there role is > in a transaction like this. I would think that "profiteering-middleman" fits Amazon and Ebay here. Apparently

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-21 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Monday, 20 Aug 2018 at 15:16, Glenn English wrote: > On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 1:35 PM Eric S Fraga wrote: >> >> On Thursday, 16 Aug 2018 at 14:28, Glenn English wrote: > >> > It's all over Amazon (search: planet gemini pda computer), but, as >> > best I can tell, there's no computer. >> >> I'm

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-20 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/20/2018 12:01 PM, Anders Andersson wrote: On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 20/08/18 16:16, Glenn English wrote: On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 1:35 PM Eric S Fraga wrote: On Thursday, 16 Aug 2018 at 14:28, Glenn English wrote: It's all over Amazon (search: planet

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-20 Thread Anders Andersson
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 20/08/18 16:16, Glenn English wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 1:35 PM Eric S Fraga wrote: >>> On Thursday, 16 Aug 2018 at 14:28, Glenn English wrote: It's all over Amazon (search: planet gemini pda computer), but, as best

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-20 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 20/08/18 16:16, Glenn English wrote: > On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 1:35 PM Eric S Fraga wrote: >> On Thursday, 16 Aug 2018 at 14:28, Glenn English wrote: >>> It's all over Amazon (search: planet gemini pda computer), but, as >>> best I can tell, there's no computer. >> I'm not sure I understand

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-20 Thread Glenn English
On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 1:35 PM Eric S Fraga wrote: > > On Thursday, 16 Aug 2018 at 14:28, Glenn English wrote: > > It's all over Amazon (search: planet gemini pda computer), but, as > > best I can tell, there's no computer. > > I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "there's no computer."

Re: Literal postings, was Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-19 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 01:30:42PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > This list has a completely different philosophy, see: > https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ > It's unmoderated A blatantly salacious assertion to entrap rebellious 12 year olds masquerading as adults [absolutely NO similarity to

Re: Literal postings, was Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-19 Thread David Wright
On Sun 19 Aug 2018 at 08:30:40 (+0200), Anders Andersson wrote: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 6:42 PM, David Wright > wrote: > > > > . A lot of OPs provide very little background information. Sometimes > > this may be because they don't know what *is* relevant, but often a > > thread turns into an

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-19 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Thursday, 16 Aug 2018 at 14:28, Glenn English wrote: > It's all over Amazon (search: planet gemini pda computer), but, as > best I can tell, there's no computer. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "there's no computer." The Gemini is not vapourware. It exists. I bought mine

Re: Literal postings, was Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-19 Thread Anders Andersson
On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 6:42 PM, David Wright wrote: > > . A lot of OPs provide very little background information. Sometimes > this may be because they don't know what *is* relevant, but often a > thread turns into an episode of "Twenty Questions" because of what > seems like a reluctance to

Re: Literal postings, was Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-18 Thread Brian
On Sat 18 Aug 2018 at 12:31:38 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 08/18/2018 11:42 AM, David Wright wrote: > > On Sat 18 Aug 2018 at 10:02:39 (+0200), Anders Andersson wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 7:47 PM, Richard Owlett > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > P.S. I wish my initial posts be taken

Re: Literal postings, was Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/18/2018 11:42 AM, David Wright wrote: On Sat 18 Aug 2018 at 10:02:39 (+0200), Anders Andersson wrote: On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 7:47 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: P.S. I wish my initial posts be taken literally. I wish this for every question on the mailing list but sadly that rarely

Literal postings, was Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-18 Thread David Wright
On Sat 18 Aug 2018 at 10:02:39 (+0200), Anders Andersson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 7:47 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > P.S. I wish my initial posts be taken literally. > > I wish this for every question on the mailing list but sadly that > rarely happens, leading to a lot of pointless

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-18 Thread Joe
On Sat, 18 Aug 2018 10:02:39 +0200 Anders Andersson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 7:47 PM, Richard Owlett > wrote: > > > > P.S. I wish my initial posts be taken literally. > > I wish this for every question on the mailing list but sadly that > rarely happens, leading to a lot of

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-18 Thread Anders Andersson
On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 7:47 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > P.S. I wish my initial posts be taken literally. I wish this for every question on the mailing list but sadly that rarely happens, leading to a lot of pointless traffic to wade through. On every question there's always the "helpful"

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 16 August 2018 13:47:52 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 08/16/2018 10:03 AM, Dominic Knight wrote: > > On Thu, 2018-08-16 at 07:41 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> I've been looking for one for about a year. > >> I've just discovered that the Gemini PDA [ > >>

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/16/2018 10:03 AM, Dominic Knight wrote: On Thu, 2018-08-16 at 07:41 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I've been looking for one for about a year. I've just discovered that the Gemini PDA [ https://www.planetcom.co.uk/] has come to market. A key feature is "WiFi only models are available". The

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-16 Thread Dominic Knight
On Thu, 2018-08-16 at 07:41 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I've been looking for one for about a year. > I've just discovered that the Gemini PDA [ > https://www.planetcom.co.uk/] > has come to market. A key feature is "WiFi only models are > available". > > The site doesn't say anything about a

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-16 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 02:26:13PM +, Curt wrote: > On 2018-08-16, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I've been looking for one for about a year. > > I've just discovered that the Gemini PDA [https://www.planetcom.co.uk/] > > has come to market. A key feature is "WiFi only models are available". > >

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/16/2018 09:26 AM, Curt wrote: On 2018-08-16, Richard Owlett wrote: I've been looking for one for about a year. I've just discovered that the Gemini PDA [https://www.planetcom.co.uk/] has come to market. A key feature is "WiFi only models are available". The site doesn't say anything

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-16 Thread Glenn English
On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 12:41 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I've been looking for one for about a year. > I've just discovered that the Gemini PDA [https://www.planetcom.co.uk/] has > come to market. A key feature is "WiFi only models are available". > > The site doesn't say anything about a US

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-16 Thread Curt
On 2018-08-16, Richard Owlett wrote: > I've been looking for one for about a year. > I've just discovered that the Gemini PDA [https://www.planetcom.co.uk/] > has come to market. A key feature is "WiFi only models are available". > > The site doesn't say anything about a US distributor. Is there