I'm trying to find something that I can replace my laptop with. I don't use the laptop much for anything but browsing and email/irc. Don't want to ahve to carry it around that much.
Anyone have a Linux PDA suggestion? Even if it's an IPAQ that I'd have to setup thats ok. I just know there someone out there that needs to sync both Outlook and Evolution. Come on, I can't be the only one working in M$ and living in Linux. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David A. Cafaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] speaking of pda's > Sharp has only been batting about .500 when it comes to the Linux > community. For every step forward they seem to take a step backwards. > They originally setup their sync to work via FTP, but also left the root > user-name and password wide open to hackers if you attached to a > network. They patched this by limiting connections to the USB ip > address, but that wasn't a great solution. So when they released the > 5600 series and the matching ROMS for the 5500 they completely changed > their sync system. Unfortunately they only released sync software for > Windows. They didn't release the sync protocol either. > > It pretty much comes down to lack of communications and lack of > understanding how the Linux community works. Maybe someday they will > get it. I love my Zaurus, but I do miss being able to sync. Truthfully > unless I see Sharp make a major improvement in Linux relations and > developer community, this will be the last Zaurus I own. It great, but > it's a dead end path at the moment with Sharp not really playing ball. > My next PDA will probably be a Palm based SmartPhone. One less gadget > to keep around, and sync as well. > > -David > > On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 10:26, Roy Vestal wrote: > > That doesn't make sense. Why would Sharp screw up the SL5600 so it couldn't > > sync with Evolution? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David A. Cafaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:09 AM > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] speaking of pda's > > > > > > > Depending on what ROM you run on your Zaurus yes you can. If you run > > > the older Sharp 2.3x series ROMs on a SL5500 Zaurus you can sync with > > > Outlook and Evolution. If you run one of the Third Party ROMS you can > > > sync with Evolution but not Outlook (that I know of). If you run one of > > > the new Sharp 3.x ROMS on a SL5500 you can sync with Outlook, but not > > > Evolution (yet). If you run and Sharp ROM for the SL5600 or later > > > Zaurus then you can sync with Outlook but not Evolution (yet). > > > > > > To check out some info take a look at the ZUG here: > > > > > > http://www.zaurususergroup.com/ > > > > > > For official Sharp Zaurus stuff: > > > > > > http://www.myzaurus.com/ > > > > > > For a project to get the Sharp 3.x and SL5600 ROMS to sync: > > > > > > http://www.cyph.org/zsrep/ > > > > > > For all other linux sync stuff check out here: > > > > > > http://multisync.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > > > > Hope that helps, > > > David Cafaro > > > SL5500 ROM 3.0 (No sync for Linux for me :-( ) > > > > > > On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 09:55, Roy Vestal wrote: > > > > I'm interested in the zaurus. can i connect to evolution and outlook > > > > (multiple systems)? > > > > > > -- > > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > > > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
