sckramer wrote: > It's the software that's 5 years ahead! Logitech was gracious to let it > go & open source it-- was the initial choices of the developers, their > work, and this community's enthusiasm made it what it is now--- and why > are we worried about the touch, there's wonderful new life with the > raspi, and anyone else how'd like to utilize it in new products. I had a > friend just sell a touch, and I yelled at him, are you crazy!?! It's > like they are going up in value. > > And yes, to base the touch on arm/linux, and allow ssh in -- was > brilliant... there'd be no Triode kernel 24/192 async usb out, > squeezeplay client, etc. etc. endless tweaking of linux etc. to arrive > at what it is now -- to arrive at what the software is now. That is > portable to the new hardware options.
And it is also a brilliant example of how open source and linux has changed the nature of "embedded systems". "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104730 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
