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Installation of Linux on Compaq Armada 7400/7800 Portables
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Support for networking:
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TCP/IP networking, including FTP, telnet, NFS, etc.
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Netware client and server
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Many networking protocols: the base protocols available in the latest development kernels include TCP, IPv4,
IPv6, AX.25, X.25, IPX, DDP (Appletalk), Netrom, and others. Stable network protocols included in the stable
kernels currently include TCP, IPv4, IPX, DDP, and AX.25.
The following portable features are not currently available under Linux:
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Hot-swapping of optional storage components (such as Hard Disk Drives, Floppy Disk Drives, CDROM’s, DVD-
ROM, LS120 or ZIP drives).
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Hot-docking into Armada Station docking stations.
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Multi-media support of MPEG-2 Hollywood Encrypted video content designed for Digital VideoDisks (DVD-
ROM) drives.
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Enhanced audio features.
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Use of Compaq programmable keys .
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USB is experimental only.
Linux Advantages/Disadvantages
The following matrix represents the results of a small, qualitative study conducted in December 1998 by Compaq
Computer Corporation’s Enterprise Computing Group. The study group consisted of participants from corporations,
ISPs, research institutes and academic institutions.
Advantages
Disadvantages
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Free Open Source OS
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Availability of free or inexpensive productivity
applications
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Runs on most industry standard computers
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Minimal hardware requirements
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More stable than Windows operating systems
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Y2K compliant
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Difficult to install and setup
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Linux code updates get released to public while being
developed even if they are not considered “production quality”
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Lack of a single dedicated technical support infrastructure
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Limited availability of commercial applications (although the list
is slowly growing)
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Numerous commercial distributions (versions)
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Lack of advanced mobile computing features
According to this study, the RedHat distribution of Linux is the most popular and easy to use. The latest version of
RedHat is 6.0, which incorporates the latest Unix Kernel 2.2. For information about RedHat please refer to
www.redhat.com
.