--- In Jim Jackson <> wrote:
>
>
> > I'd noticed it was pretty sloppy but I did not want to start
bashing
> > their scripts as well (he-he) and diverting the issue.
>
> I wasn't "bash"ing their scripts - honest :-)
No, I meant I was tempted to. ;)
>
> > The closer I look the less impressed I am. They give the
impression
> > they supply a working minimallist linux but I'm getting closer to
the
> > point where I'm going to have to rebuild most of it before it can
can
> > be deployed.
>
> I can't agree. I view it as I'm buying a well engineered, cheap,
board,
> along with a base system (actually 2 base systems) that is/are a
starting
> point for developments.
I agree the boards are good value but they dont present TSlinux as "a
starting point". I feel there is a lack of clarity there.
> If they spent more on s/w developement and that
> pushed up the price, I wouldn't be happy. So far I've not met any
serious
> s/w gotchas that couldn't be fixed - the virtue of the open source
world.
>
> > Neither do they seem to bothered about correcting this sort of
thing.
>
> I don't think it ranks as a serious problem - the busybox problem
is a
> busybox problem not a TS problem, and frankly scripts are trivially
> re-engineered. They have to concentrate on the s/w bits strictly in
their
> domain.
Well once I realise that some system scripts are duff and things as
basic a awk are severly broken I have to start test _everything_.
>
> Believe me there are other suppliers with a lot more expensive
products and
> absolutely NO s/w support without a contract!
>
> Jim
>
Well I dont doubt that you are right. But there's a difference
between software support and a defective product.
It should work. If I need support in modifying that's a different
issue. Luckily there is this group that does the support for their
defective distro.
If I had realised the ammount of extra work required, I probably
would not have got into TS boards.
Having said that the h'w seem solid and well designed. It's a shame
they don't clean up the loose ends on the s'w and save everyone
having to reinvent that particular wheel.
Thanks for you thought, and help.
/js
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