I used to use Unix back in my university days. I was never a power-user, but I knew the basics. A few years later, I did a dual-boot Windows 98/Redhat Linux on my PC. The thing I remember most was spending hours just trying to get my %&($^# mouse to work. I eventually did, and I toyed with it a little, but I was in Japan and very busy with work (yes, I did work those long hours). Also, my internet connection was Niftyserve--a sort of Japanese Compuserve on dialup and you paid by the minute there. Some of my friends were just starting to get excited by growth of broadband into their neighborhoods. And google either didn't exist or was not yet on my radar. Finding information was difficult. So playing with Linux wasn't something I pursued seriously. And since then, I never did much with Linux.
I progressed as an embedded systems developer where resources were limited (we wrote a complex multithreaded program in 128KB ROM 2KB RAM). But, in many cases, the hardware has caught up to PCs and Linux has been a viable option for even relatively small devices. So, in an effort to catch up my own skill set, I will be trying to figure out Linux in the context of embedded systems.
This blog will track my progress.
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