Comments for Robot Yacht - The Development Blog http://robotyacht.com/development Sailing without hands... Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:10:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Setting up Voyage – Basic Networking by admin http://robotyacht.com/development/networking/setting-up-voyage-basic-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-6 admin Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:10:41 +0000 http://robotyacht.com/development/?p=20#comment-6 I don't think that the project at this phase is going to get to Corsica! - Hopefully I can do some small scale testing on a lake where the wireless will come in very useful! I am probably going to integrate a 3G modem into the project which will relay data to our mediatemple server and will do some research into sattelite comms but yeah, the wifi is useful for development - much easier to have it on the desk next to me than it being downstairs plugged into my router with an ethernet cable! I don’t think that the project at this phase is going to get to Corsica! – Hopefully I can do some small scale testing on a lake where the wireless will come in very useful! I am probably going to integrate a 3G modem into the project which will relay data to our mediatemple server and will do some research into sattelite comms but yeah, the wifi is useful for development – much easier to have it on the desk next to me than it being downstairs plugged into my router with an ethernet cable!

]]> Comment on Setting up Voyage – Basic Networking by Jonathan Lumb http://robotyacht.com/development/networking/setting-up-voyage-basic-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jonathan Lumb Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:08:08 +0000 http://robotyacht.com/development/?p=20#comment-5 What is the wireless for then? Surely the robotyacht won't be in range of any wireless networks during its journey around corsica? Or are you going to use the wireless so that you can program and manage the Voyage operating system from another computer using ssh or telnet? What is the wireless for then? Surely the robotyacht won’t be in range of any wireless networks during its journey around corsica? Or are you going to use the wireless so that you can program and manage the Voyage operating system from another computer using ssh or telnet?

]]> Comment on Voyage Linux – fitting name, fitting linux by Jonathan Lumb http://robotyacht.com/development/linux/voyage-linux-fitting-name-fitting-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jonathan Lumb Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:06:34 +0000 http://robotyacht.com/development/?p=12#comment-4 The debian packaging system is one of the best around - I run my laptop entirely on Ubuntu Intrepid at the moment which also inherits many things from its Debian big brother. Good choice! The compilation on your Mac may have failed if the Mac motherboard uses a different architecture to the Alix motherboard you are using (the alix is x86 I believe) - I know that this used to be the case with Macs but since they changed to Intel, things may have changed? The debian packaging system is one of the best around – I run my laptop entirely on Ubuntu Intrepid at the moment which also inherits many things from its Debian big brother. Good choice!

The compilation on your Mac may have failed if the Mac motherboard uses a different architecture to the Alix motherboard you are using (the alix is x86 I believe) – I know that this used to be the case with Macs but since they changed to Intel, things may have changed?

]]> Comment on Alix 3C3 – Complete PC on a board by Jonathan Lumb http://robotyacht.com/development/hardware/alix-3c3-complete-pc-on-a-board/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Jonathan Lumb Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:02:28 +0000 http://robotyacht.com/development/?p=6#comment-3 "Reportedly pokey enough to run Windows XP" ... but I can't think of any reason why you would want to do such a silly thing! “Reportedly pokey enough to run Windows XP”

… but I can’t think of any reason why you would want to do such a silly thing!

]]> Comment on Voyage Linux – fitting name, fitting linux by Big Brother » Voyage Linux - fitting name, fitting linux http://robotyacht.com/development/linux/voyage-linux-fitting-name-fitting-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Big Brother » Voyage Linux - fitting name, fitting linux Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:10:59 +0000 http://robotyacht.com/development/?p=12#comment-2 [...] Robot Yacht - The Development Blog wrote an interesting post today on Voyage Linux - fitting name, fitting linuxHere’s a quick excerptVoyage is a light weight build of Debian and the excellent package management system has passed from Voyage’s big brother…. [...] [...] Robot Yacht – The Development Blog wrote an interesting post today on Voyage Linux – fitting name, fitting linuxHere’s a quick excerptVoyage is a light weight build of Debian and the excellent package management system has passed from Voyage’s big brother…. [...]

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