[SGVLUG] Chumby is Linux-based

[John E. Kreznar]

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I had never heard of a "Chumby" before opening the current LA Weekly.
It caught my eye because reading a couple random snippets in the
two-page spread immediately made me wonder -- could this thing be
running Linux?  Well, I didn't have to read much further:

   Duane, VP of software development, writes ... "the system is locked
   down pretty tight -- first off, by being a Linux-based system;
   secondly by using unmodifiable, read-only file systems; and thirdly
   by using a sandboxed virtual machine for our application layer."
   ... The device is open-source, which means that anyone can write
   software for it.

   The Chumby is what would have resulted if God had asked David
   Cronenberg to design a baked potato.

"The Chumby Diaries" by Gendy Alimurung.

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 John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13
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   it should be to acquire the knowledge, not to get saddled with a
   license agreement that limits the knowledge you may acquire.

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