RE: (clug-talk) (news) Qtopia chosen over Palm and Pocket PC - or ,Everything you wanted to know about Linux and PDAs

[Andrew Barnes]

Title: RE: (clug-talk) (news) Qtopia chosen over Palm and Pocket PC - or , Everything you wanted to know about Linux and PDAs

Glad to help J   Yep - iPAQ stuff should work on the Zaurus.  The iPAQ 3830 is the same hardware as the Zaurus 5000 - the developer edition; the iPAQ 3850 is the same hardware as the Zaurus 5500, which was the commercial version.  Hadn't looked into the Zaurus 5600, the most recent release but I believe it's got Bluetooth incorporated like the lastest iPAQ.   -----Original Message----- From: Curtis Sloan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 7:40 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: (clug-talk) (news) Qtopia chosen over Palm and Pocket PC - or , Everything you wanted to know about Linux and PDAs   Thank you for the enlightening links!  OpenZaurus looks like a really good option for Zaurus users.  The fact that it is also Debian-/ipkg-compatible is nice to see.  If I don't miss my guess, it might be a nice bridge between the Zaurus default ROM (if not flexible enough for a user) and a Familiar/Intimate-style distribution (which, of course, are for the iPAQ -- but would they work on the Zaurus, being that it is StrongARM as well?  I don't know).   Thank you OSS, for bringing flexibility and options to handheld computing.  :-)   Curtis. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 7:47 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: (clug-talk) (news) Qtopia chosen over Palm and Pocket PC - or , Everything you wanted to know about Linux and PDAs Regarding tweaking the Zaurus: There's the ability to alter the ROMs, besides OpenZaurus: http://openzaurus.sourceforge.net/oz_website/content/overview Not sure about where you're driving for the ability to tweak/compile software on the Zaurus - there's packages for Perl, HTML, MySQL, Apache off the top of my head.  The FAQ lists a few places for software: http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/zaurus-faq/sections/software.php3