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Re: [News] Smallest GNU/Linux Computer Claimed

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Thursday 15 November 2007 18:53 : \____
> 
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> 
>>> Embedded Linux board comes with small claims
>>> 
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | The Hectronic H6043 is a low-cost ARM9-based Embedded Linux PC
>>> | board, and with a footprint of just 52.5 x 20mm, the company
>>> | reckons it is the smallest Linux computer available today.
>>> `----
>>> 
>>> http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/het/het100.html
>> 
>> Close, but not quite:
>> 
>> "Picotux is the smallest computer running Linux in the world. There are
>> several different kinds of picotux available, but the main one is the
>> picotux 100. It is 35 mm × 19 mm × 19 mm and just barely larger than a
>> RJ45 connector."
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picotux
>> 
> That's just what I thought, but they probably have some other /definition/.
> Just come to think of all these different nation that claim "first /x/" where
> the definition of /x/ varies to make everyone a winner.
> 

Now you're getting it!  Still, these tiny machines are great fun.

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