Marius Vollmer wrote: > ext Mark <wolfmane@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > >> What I said was that "I've never _heard_" of Windows Mobile devices >> being reflashed like Linux devices. >> > > I would change that to "Maemo" devices. Linux, the kernel, is certainly > not to blame for a clogged up user land, and Maemo is so different from > any other existing GNU-or-not-GNU/Linux distribution that it is solely > responsible for all its shortcomings. > > (In other words, I only ever reinstall my Debian GNU/Linux OSes when the > hardware get replaced, and I run 'unstable' on everything.) > > Unfortunately, Maemo hasn't had a chance yet to gain real long-term > stability. The life-cycle of a Maemo version is too short for that, and > there is no continuity between versions. > Again, I'm guilty of not being clear enough. I was referring to Linux on handheld devices. Every Linux handheld device that I've been interested in and followed has *required* periodic re-flashes of the OS, either to fix growing instability or to flash a new image that increases stability and/or hardware or software functionality. As for desktop OSs, I would say Linux is on par with Windows: Windows may be slightly (but only slightly) less stable, but has much better hardware support. I haven't had to reinstall Windows (any version) any more than I've had to reinstall Linux. ...And nobody has answered my question: is it even possible to flash updated Windows Mobile images to those devices? Is it done routinely as with Maemo/OpenMoko/etc.? Mark _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
