Re: [tlug] New ultra-small hardware from Sony

[Micheal E Cooper <mcooper@example.com>]

Josh Glover wrote:
> On 17/05/06, Joe Larabell <larabell@???> wrote:
>
>   
> > A quick flip through the manual reveals that this stereo system has some
> > sort of Linux O/S on it [...]
> >     
>
> Yeah, Sony makes heavy use of Linux in their consumer electronics.
> Most PS2 (and presumably, PS3) game developers use Linux as a
> development platform, because the dev kit is supposed to be much more
> useful under Linux. And let's not forget the Linux kit that Sony sold
> in Japan back in 2001.
>
> Sony might be shady, but at least they are not anti-Linux. :)
>
> -Josh
>   
I bought a Vaio a couple of years ago out of desperation. I had a lot of 
private clients for English teaching, and my notebook broke down before 
a really busy week, so off to Best Denki. I should have bought a 
bare-bones Dell for less yen, but the screen was just to beautiful.

Other than the fact that I can't get the keyboard out to put in a bigger 
HDD, I love it. In fact, just this past weekend, I bought a membership 
to RHN ($50 with academic discount) and downloaded RHEL4 server (no 
distro wars, please... I use RHEL at work, and I really need to get more 
proficient at it) and put it on my Vaio dual-booting with XP using RH's 
default install of Grub on the MBR. Not a problem. Everything went 
really smoothly.

Now I have a Linux notebook environment with 1400x1040 resolution with a 
true-black, high-gloss screen. KDE looks really stunning. This is the 
first time I have seen the Linux desktop on nice hardware with a nice 
screen. Also, RH did the Vaio's built-in second monitor thing right from 
the get-go. No tweaking needed.

Micheal

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