Hello, On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 01:13:34PM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote: > Is debian suitable for handhelds ?
Yes, since current handhelds are more powerful than the first computer I ran Debian on, and it's working happily on my C700 :-) > Do you intend to try to install a normal base system and depend on the > use of compact flash cards or something ? My current approach for the chroot-debian project is to depend on the use of a storage card for the Debian installation. The Zaurus has two expansion slots, so you can permanently keep the SD/MMC card with Debian in one slot, and keep the other one free for WiFi, Bluetooth, a Microdrive or whatever else you need. This has required only trivial changes to the default Debian system, and you can put an X11-based system on a 64MB card, and quite a few extra applications on a 128MB card. Some crazy people have even run a KDE desktop, Evolution and Gimp on the handheld. I think that shrinking things is the wrong approach if this results in reduced functionality - while I appreciate the work that has been put into busybox, I prefer to have the full-featured utilities that I'm used to on my system. > Openzaurus do a pretty good job with their distribution, what would our > relationship be with them ? Speaking for the chroot-debian project, I'm depending on the installed kernel and drivers to handle all the hardware (SD/MMC, CF etc). And if someone wants a fully natively booting Debian system, I'm sure the OpenZaurus kernel and base setup will be an immense help in getting that working. -Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
