Re: [cobalt-users] Cobalt OS

["H.P. Stroebel" <hpstr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Christian Tramnitz schrieb:
> 
> Is it possible to use the Cobalt OS (I know it's linux, i mean the whole
> system out of the box...) with other hardware than a Cobalt RaQ e.g. to test
> out if the the whole thing does what it should ?
> ;)

it does most things it should. only some features may be a bug to others
and vice versa :-)

i`m thinking of that, too, to create a "sandbox" to experiment with
before installing software on my (only) raq.

i did only few checks until now, but found few hardware specific stuff
(lcd for example, which seems to be a standard serial attached lcd).
for raq1/2 and qube os, you`ll need a mips machine, of course.

i think with some hacking it should work.

there may be licensing issues, though. i don`t assume that the cobalt
gui is GPL`d... the cobalt i bought did not come with any license (at
least i`ve seen none).

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