A few years ago, while there was still a dot-com bubble, there was a
company selling an internet appliance with a flat screen, which after
its release took about a day for someone to figure out how to get it
to run Linux. The company was selling them at a loss and making things
up in subscriptions, except that you didn’t need a subscription if
you were going to run Linux on it.
Anyone remember what they were called?
They weren’t Netwinders,
which is the word that is stuck in my head preventing me from thinking
of the right one, and which are thin clients; this was a modem-based
all-in-one home internet appliance that by design could only use the
subscription service.
8 responses to “What was it called?”
I-Opener?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=51147&item=4127234112&rd=1
Figures! As soon as I post, someone on IRC remembers — it was the i-opener, and it was less interesting than I remembered it being.
You’re even faster than me reporting what someone told me before I had a chance to see if the post posted correctly.
Also, hi! I don’t think I realized you were here.
I sold mine to a-mused, unopened…and I believe it’s STILL unopened, if you want one. :)
the 3Com Audrey (buy one today)!
I-unopener!
nope, 3com Audrey ran a variant of QNX, although the folks over at Audrey Hacking have been putting together some custom images (including Linux I believe).
Neat little device. Especially if you’ve got Mister House running somewhere.