more on the gadget

So, doing a little research I find that the Planet Computing Gemini is apparently shipped with Debian Stretch. Here's their first video demo from a couple of months ago: https://vimeo.com/239095559 It illustrates dual boot, a terminal session, Firefox running (very tiny, I think -- they could have done themselves a favor by making it larger), and LibreOffice running. All ran pretty quickly. Especially pleasing to me is that the GIMP is shown running in this story: https://liliputing.com/2017/11/crowdfunded-gemini-pda-mini-laptop-ship-date… There is apparently also a Linux on Android feature which allows the running of Linux applications from within an Android boot, with a common clipboard and such. What isn't clear is the extent to which other resources can be shared -- it's a pain with systems like Virtual Box, though a lot can be shared even with that -- or, really, how the running of Linux applications works. (There was a way to run Android applications on the Blackberry Playbook, which was RIM's answer to calls for applications, but it kind of sucked, like the Mirrors ports of Windows applications to OS/2.) Much to be learned, but promising so far. I see no reason why TDE won't work perfectly on this little thing. It would need, I suppose, some userspace tweaking of fonts and icon size and such, but I expect it to work, and happy day when it does! (If my posting about this is unwanted or off-topic, let me know and I'll cease.) -- dep The shortest distance between you and playing great acoustic guitar: the great new instructional DVDs from Marjorie Thompson, available at www.MarjorieThompson.com