Star Mini-Editorial: The Missed Opportunity of Linux
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 2nd Apr 2005 20:44 UTC
Linux The future is mobile. That much we know for sure. But it seems that the operating system world in this market is being rapidly taken over by --again-- Microsoft. The new smart phones are are using WinCE, Symbian or Palm. Linux has barely 1% of this new, smartphone market.
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RE: RE: Linux on low powered devices.
by aesiamun on Sat 2nd Apr 2005 21:44 UTC

and it also requires 32 MB.

which is why i don't want it on my phone. You can't get a decent framebuffer, linux or windows based, that are worth putting 32MB into a phone.

It's just not worth it, period.