Thread: I'm off! Have fun with the N8x0!
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Zebee is offline Zebee
2008-01-08 , 01:11
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#72
Originally Posted by promethh View Post
Well said, Penguinbait.

I know of several sysadmins for the Federal Judiciary who swear by their Nokia Internet Tablets. We're running N800 and N810 for solely that reason. Having Linux in your pocket with a WiFi connection and BT tether to a data-capable phone is an incredibly powerful thing. In the 90 minutes it takes me to get to work, I've patched 40 servers, checked my email, read the server logs, and debugged a flaky java servlet for a developer.
If only!

Alas freely available wifi is as rare here in Australia as cheap phone data plans.

And while my employer has limited wireless, they use a Cisco setup that requires a windows program to run, so I can't use it. (As so far, no Linux port from Cisco and no hack from anyone else.) They also use exchange for mail and turn off IMAP, so while I might boot to 2008 and use wired networking, I can't do much with it!

I dislike 2008 for many reasons mostly to do with UI - the thumbscrolling in FBreader, the small usable real-estate in xterminal, the Fisher-Price icons, the huge thumb friendly but eyeball hostile menus, those are the main ones.

If I worked somewhere that wasn't so goddamn Windowscentric (and me a Unix admin, I gnash many a tooth) I would be using the N800 a lot at work. As it is, I might work a bit more on easy dual boot to 2008 so I can use a wired connection to talk via crossover to reluctant servers but that's about it.

Wired networking for 2007, I would be happy!

(better looks for 2008 I'd be even happier....)


Zebee