chrisfaulkner wrote: > My favourite language is Java and I wouldn't even begin to try to make > a case for that on the NSLU2 !!
I've worked in Java for a decade. I think its time to move on. They keep adding more stuff to the language. The language itself has feature bloat. > Yes - I have a spare or two of my own in the attic ! I'll be looking > for the slimmest Linux distro and turning off all the services I don't > need. Maybe if I am careful in that way it won't use much more power > than the slug. I use pure Debian on my old crock server. Its not the smallest, that probably goes to DSL, but its close. > Then, of course, I'll wonder why I don't run my backups / network > storage of that same machine as well. And then I'll wonder why I bought > the slug in the first place :-( I run backups, SVN, samba, DHCP and bind on it. Works fine. > I am not criticising choice of tools. I have no doubt that > the best choice was made given all known factors at the start. I wasn't there at the beginning, but I think it was more of a stone soup thing, someone wrote some perl, someone added some carrots, etc. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
