brkville42NY Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 Once again I am just trying to figure the landscape of how for Linux has reached. It wont be long before i actually begin to use Linux. thanks OUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 (edited) AFAIK you can install linux on a lot of the windows based ones And i think that palm works really well with linux, but you cant install linux on it. There is also the Sharp Zaurus which runs linux. Edited April 12, 2004 by iphitus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 There is a more complete listing of Linux pda's here. There are some that I had never thought of...I thought the Zarus was the only one. There is also a download where you can "flash" your PocketPC to Linux. I can't remember the link right now, though. Also, Lycoris is coming out with a version of Desktop/LX for PocketPC. You can read about it here. It looks like a good product. It's due out sometime in the second quarter of this year. There's no mention of whether or not it will be free, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeDubb Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 1. only a handfull of PPC's can runa ny form of linux. Most would be destroyed if you tried to flash them with familiar or some other linux distro. 2. putting linux on a PPC is a gigantic waste of money as a large part of what you pay for with a PPC is the MS OS. 3. Check out http://www.zaurususergroup.com 4. If you have LOT's of money, get your self a Sharp SL-C860. They have VGa resolution and a rotating clamshell design.They are not available outside of japan, so you will have to order off ebay or through an importer like Dynamism. If you order from dynaamism, you will get it with a mostly translated OS. If you buy a new one off ebay, it will be in japanese. 5. IMO, the best ROM (read ROM as "distro") for an SL-5000d, 5500 is called Open Zaurus. The best for the 5600 is called tkc and the best for any of the "c" models as in the c700 through c860 is called pdaXrom. Available at http://www.cacko.biz It's the best as it actualy runs an X server with a window manager and all the extras including a dev kit for compiling desktop software for the Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brkville42NY Posted April 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 thanks guys!!!! :P :D OUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef_kunal Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 (edited) there is a new pda in india running linux. read all about it on simputer looks good but i haven't tried it. Maybe ill switch from my palm zire 71 to this if its good. Edited April 13, 2004 by chef_kunal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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