Thread: VEX or Gumstix?
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Re: VEX or Gumstix?

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Originally Posted by sparksandtabs
I have an Atmel AVR stk500 starter board, but i was also looking at gumstix for wayy into the future and was wonder if they can only be programmed in linux or if they can alos be programmed in C?
You can program the Gumstix in C, Perl, Java... any language that it can run. You just have to be capable of working in a Linux environment as that is what the Gumstix uses as its OS.

I would say, before you invest in a Gumstix, find an old PC you can put Linux on and become familiar with basic usage of the command line (not GUI environment).
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