On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 09:40 -0800, Dan Stromberg wrote: > On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 06:53 -0500, JP Rosevear wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 09:53 +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have an iPaq I would like to use as an Evolution satellite (i.e. > > > update my contacts, calendar, tasks, be notified for my appointments, > > > etc.) > > > What's the best supported OS I should put on it ? PocketPC, GPE or > > > OPIE ? > > > > Only thing i can suggest is checking out multisync > > http://multisync.sourceforge.net/news.php > > I'm partial to familiar on iPaq's, but note that when you buy a PocketPC > platform to run linux on, you're boosting microsoft's installed base > numbers, which helps enable microsoft persuade software vendors to > implement for their platform - only. > > Microsoft is taking a loss on every PocketPC box sold for a reason. > They aren't doing it because they want to loose money. They're doing it > because their other businesses allow them to take a loss on PDA's long > enough to gain a stranglehold on the market. =Then=, they'll change > pricing so as to start making a profit on each box sold. > > I very much wanted a linux PDA last time I went PDA shopping, but wound > up going with a PalmOne Tungsten C, for exactly this reason.
Sharp Zaurus is Linux based. And you can flash the PDA and install entirely open source software from Open Zaurus http://openzaurus.org/web/ Dave > > As an added benefit, Palm boxes are most likely going to be running > linux in the future, which a proprietary PalmOS layer overtop - kind of > analogous to what MacOS X does with *BSD. > Dave Smith Struggle - Solidarity - Socialism E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (868) 683-5305 SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
