Thread: Ubuntu Vs. XP...

My point was mainly focused towards the "those don't run Windows" statement

My point was, are they any harder to use than a Linux based one?

It depends and is not really a fair comparison to the question at hand... A handheld GPS and cell are already preconfigured to work out of the box regardless what OS is on them and that configuration is there for a specialized task only.... The R&D is already done to make the underlying OS basically transparent to the end user. You could hand either of those to the average Joe and they would be none the wiser.

A desktop/carputer running Linux however, is not (for the most part). Unless there is the same transparency (one click install for any program, cross-OS, for example), the underlying OS will make itself known.

I like ubuntu.

I think one of the main reasons for my getting ready to switch from windows, is ease of read-only setups. Ubuntu will be loaded up on a 4gb CF card, along with my GPS soft. I've had XP setup the same way for a while now, on a 2gb CF card, but the setup was just waaaay to much of a pain. Getting files from XPe, registry hacks, kernel replacement, etc. EWF was a hard beast to setup. Read only and a ram disk for linux? Easy easy...

EDIT: Plus, iGuidance under wine is easy to get going as well, until Navit matures a bit.