dammy wrote:
No, that is what Amithlon did (or as close as I can tell since I never used Amithlon). Linux is a kernel with associated drivers (and whatever else you want to stuff in the kernel) and it calls init. From that point on, there isn't much going to be comparable between Linux Distros and Anubis.
Dammy
I was really exited about this, but the words "Linux kernel" acted like a bucked of cold water...
I'm not criticizing Linux, but I hope it won't be another distro willing to be different with the same "chassis" as all the other ones. There are already many different flavours of Linux available out there.
One thing that I really never liked in Linux is that sooner or later you will have to go to the command line. In the Amiga you had to use the command line only if you really need.
But as I understood, you are using the Linux kernel as a way to have easy access to available drivers. This is really smart, and a very good idea.
I wish you all the luck in the world with this project, and I hope I could contribute someday, someway.
Some people might say that Windows/Linux/Mac can supply all the computing needs anybody might want, but I believe there is still room for a new, smaller, lighter and faster system. Go for it guys!
Yesterday I was at a congress directed to embbedded C and C++ programming, and it was funny that the idea of a preemptive multitasking system would need a really fast processor and hundreds of megabytes of RAM was repeated several times almost like a mantra. Then, I just remind that the Amiga could do it at 7Mhz with 512K.
I hope that someday we could show the world that a simple board can do that, and that a modern desktop could really fly if you don't have to waste most of your RAM and processing power just running the system.
