Cool. Of course I can't buy one - no money.
Oh and btw Mandrake is going bankrupt
Linux PDA
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Linux PDA
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
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Dahak
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Linux on a PDA is just plain wrong...
We have to work with one in a project.
It royally sucks...
We have to work with one in a project.
It royally sucks...
Great Dolphin Conspiracy - Chatter box
"Implications: we have been intercepted deliberately by a means unknown, for a purpose unknown, and transferred to a place unknown by a form of intelligence unknown. Apart from the unknown, everything is obvious." ZORAC
GALE Force Euro Wimp
Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.
Well yeah probably a bitch to work with linux on the limited mem. After all standard kernel size is >600kB so you will have to strip down a lot of things. Glibc takes up >2MB, so you have to use newlib/ulibc and port the incompatiable parts. How much does embedded memory take up these days anyways? Of course since this is a PDA you do not have to include source files, and usually the manufacturer of the PDA does things for you. You may also be able to run recompiled standard linux apps on the PDA, although you need a linux box to do so I think. How big is QT embedded anyways? What else is wrong with linux on PDA?
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
Nevermind this thing has 64megs of RAM + CF/Microdrive. Space isn't that much for an issue. Palms only have 16 depending on model. A better comparison would be the PocketPC abomination. However this thing costs 500$.
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
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Dahak
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Ever tried to work with a shell on a PDA?
The whatever-linux version running on that thing is trash. The virtual keypad is so small, you can't type shit.
The whatever-linux version running on that thing is trash. The virtual keypad is so small, you can't type shit.
Great Dolphin Conspiracy - Chatter box
"Implications: we have been intercepted deliberately by a means unknown, for a purpose unknown, and transferred to a place unknown by a form of intelligence unknown. Apart from the unknown, everything is obvious." ZORAC
GALE Force Euro Wimp
Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.
This version is GUI, though you can download a shell. Oh and it has a built in thumbpad.
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
For some reason the file manager is not installed by default
. Is this true for other PDAs? I've never got to use one. Oh and it does Java too.Here is a screenshot of a Freeciv
And Quake
Konquerer:
Documents:
Of course installing linux on a PDA that isn't customized for it is just dumb.
What exactly is the point of running linux on Xbox, IPaq, etc?
EDIT: For the sake of irony
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
Heres a review
http://www.vnunet.com/Products/Hardware/1133365
http://www.vnunet.com/Products/Hardware/1133365
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor