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Anything you write with your thumbs probably isn't worth writing. --Gin Rummy

Shameless plug for voip.ms

I'm very happy with voip.ms I can run it on several platforms (ATA, softphones) and the sub-account feature makes it so that all of these devices can be logged in simultaneously.

So far I'm able to communicate with Voip on my PC, cellphone and Tablet, which is pretty neat.

$200 Test PC

Built a PC a few days ago for under $200...

Biostar Mobo n685+
AMD X2
1GB of Ram
Mid ATX Cooler Master case (PSU included)
16 GB Patriot RAGE USB key running Xubuntu 10.04

Using as all purpose server.

2011 Brings new toys

I've been playing with a few new Android toys these days and although Android is a fluctuating interface, I have to say I prefer it over iOS.

I find the freedom and the relative ease of rooting the device, to be a somewhat refreshing change from the booting acrobatics of the iPhone.

For the record I think all of these devices should be completely writable in all sectors out of the box but I don't think providers would agree with that idea.

Crack Berry test post

Quick test to check if this works from my black berry
Sent from my "contract free" BlackBerry® smartphone on the WIND network.

Planning on moving to a harder linux

So far, I've come a long way with Ubuntu, but although Ubuntu is a full featured Linux I've been finding that Package Managers and GUIs actually hinder my learning in the sense that I've become lazy and only look at the package manager to resolve most of my issues.

I find that whatever I do in the command line is someone else's work and I simply cut and paste their solutions in my terminal and let 'er rip.

I think its time I got the coding Zen under control. So soon, I will take my faithfully never re-installed laptop (in continuous dirty upgrade state from 8.04) and rip to down to install the latest version or either Arch, Slackware or Gentoo. I've pretty much settled on Arch but it all seems so arbitrary at this point seeing as I've never hacked a proper command line Linux into existence. Sounds like I'm going to spend quite a few night wide awake breaking this sucker.

Masochism maybe... but who cares. Real men know how to use a command line.

Quick Moblin Review

I took Moblin 2.1 for a test drive on my AA1 a couple of days ago. There are a few positives; the interface is very fast on low powered machines. It presents a coherent desktop, and everything is included with the basic distro.

So no requirement to install proprietary codecs. Things like flash and mp3s work out of the box which is great for Linux newbies.

Tired:

No easy way to install new applications, another Linux distro that perhaps unconsciously pretends its not Linux. No immediate knowledge of how to install new applications, one gets the idea that Moblin is that final product.

Final verdict, good OS for a smartphone but limited even by netbook standards.