One concern I recall from looking into this a while back (hopefully not founded) was the issue with floating point handling on the ARMs and similar PDA CPUs.
This was relevant to the familiar/intimate linux distro's around 18-24 months ago, when I was considering an IPAQ or Zaurus to replace my old but not dead yet palm. On 09 Nov 2004 19:06:39 +0000, David Whiting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gabor Grothendieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > David Whiting <david.whiting <at> ncl.ac.uk> writes: > > > > > > : It is interesting this has come up at this time. Two days ago I > > : installed Linux on a Psion 5MX (16Mb RAM) and am tickled pink by > > : it. Installation is easy. At the moment I only have a small > > : compactflash disk so I have not been able to install X windows or R > > : yet. > > > > You could see if MacAnova will install -- its an R/S-like package. > > Its pretty small (even runs on 640K DOS) and is quite portable. Its > > not as powerful as R but its still amazingly powerful and you might > > be able to fit it on. > > Thanks. I took a quick look and I think I would have to cross-compile > it (I didn't find an ARM binary). When I get my larger compactflash > card I am hoping that I will be able to just get the ARM debian > package (and all the assorted dependencies) without having to setup a > cross-compiling tool chain---I will have to take a look and see what > is involved in doing this. I don't have a compiler installed on the > Psion and probably would not have enough room for all the libraries > (just guessing here). > > Dave > > > > -- > David Whiting > University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- best, -tony --- A.J. Rossini [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
