[PLUG] Linux-friendly notebook

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003, Brent Rieck wrote:

> That's an excellent price for a tiny notebook I think.   Do you (or
> anybody else listening in) have any experience with the Crusoe processor?
> Is it really "as good" as an Intel or AMD in terms of performance?

Brent,

  One of the questions I will ask them tomorrow is how the Transmeta CPU
(note the corrected misspelling <g>) compares to the AMD or Intel. While
that's a comparatively minor consideration, I suppose that having Linus on
their payroll for a few years means that they support linux from the core
out.

Rich

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