On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 16:22 -0700, Brandon Stout wrote: > I've been looking at these URLs: > > http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8728350077.html > http://www.access-company.com/products/linux/alp.html > > Interestingly, PalmSource has had some agreement or merger, which makes > me wonder if PalmOS is going Linux... > > Anyway, these URLs beg the question: Who uses Linux-powered PDA's, and > what experiences have you had with them? I'm looking into my next PDA, > and this inquiring mind wants to know.
I had a Zaurus once, but it left a lot to be desired. Mainly the battery life was terrible and the screen wasn't so great. And the excitement of being able to run bash in a terminal wore off very quickly. I question whether whether there's anything (maybe besides video) that a 400 MHz arm processor can do that the old 16 MHz palm processor could do back in the day. Trying to shoe-horn big OSs (like Linux or Windows CE) into a PDA isn't always great, in my opinion. On the other hand the Qtopia environment for linux is very good, and GPE shows a lot of promise. http://gpe.handhelds.org and http://qpe.handhelds.org (or http://opie.handhelds.org ). Interestingly enough, GPE uses a tiny X11 server and so you can actually run remote X11 apps (if they fit on the small screen). Michael > > Brandon Stout > http://mscis.org > http://flfn.org > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
