* On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 06:54:08AM +1000, Voytek wrote: > > A question from a friend -- since I don't really use or know much about > > PDAs but have been thinking about getting one, and thought I'd throw it > > to the list: > > > > Does anyone have any advice they want to offer? I run Windows XP on > > my desktop, but in fact the Windows CE OS of my PDA was the main thing > > stopping me from giving Linux a whirl - the iPAQ model I have can > > only sync with a Windows machine. What sort of PDA do I have to get > > to be able to sync with Mozilla and OpenOffice and other organic free > > range software on a Linux machine? > > I'm not a Linux desktop user. I use a Palm PDA, and, in fact, due to my > use of Palm, I needed to get a windoze desktop (to be able to use certain > apps that I want to use). in fact, after some 10 years of being > windoze-free, Palm made me a (part time)windoze user. so, I just use > windoze to facilitate Palm use. > I think that's a similar quandry your friend will have.
Just be aware that you don't *have* to use windows with Palm - I use JPilot to synch with my Palm Pilot, and have installed the keyring plugin as a replacement for the 'secret' app I used to use on Palm. Of course, other Palm apps may be a problem. -- Sonia Hamilton. GPG key A8B77238. . Only the autonomous can plan autonomy, organize for it, create it. "Temporary Autonomous Zones" -- Hakim Bey -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
