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Re: [News] Why Many People Already Use Linux Computers

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____/ Richard Rasker on Friday 09 Oct 2009 11:41 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Embedded Linux â Are you already a Linux user?
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>> | For example I recently bought a TomTom Sat Nav GO
>> | 730. There is nothing on the device to indicate
>> | itâs Linux, there are no Linux messages during
>> | start-up, but behind the scenes TomTom Sat Navs are
>> | running on the Linux kernel. To a lesser extent
>> | some of the Garmin products also use Linux.
> 
> These devices may run Linux under the hood, but it's rather sad that at the
> user end, only Windows is supported.

There are usually workarounds. For example, I use my Palm on Linux just fine with jpilot
(yes, it's for PalmOS, not WebOS).

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