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06-15-2008, 11:32 AM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Canada
Distribution: Fedore Core 4, Ubuntu 7.04, Suse 10.2
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Cell phone Distro
Just curious what linux people are running as alternates to Windows Mobile 5 and 6. I'm sure there is a linux out there somewhere.
It's really important that the GSM part of the phone works too. Any ideas?
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06-15-2008, 05:02 PM
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Guru
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: NJ, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Debian
Posts: 5,817
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I know there are Linux ports to specific phones, but I am not aware of any general Linux distribution targeted for cell phones (unless you count Android).
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06-15-2008, 07:16 PM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Laptop: Slackware 14.0 // Desktop: Slackware64 14.0 // Netbook: Slackware 14.0
Posts: 6,183
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This site might help:
http://tuxmobil.org/ |
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06-19-2008, 03:25 PM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Willoughby, Ohio
Distribution: linuxdebian
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Lots of phones out there already running Linux.
The Linux Mobile Phones Showcase [LinuxDevices.com]
Wasn't Google working on a Mobile Phone Distro ? Android
Last edited by farslayer; 06-19-2008 at 03:27 PM.
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07-14-2008, 01:51 PM
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Registered: Mar 2008
Location: India
Distribution: Dynebolic, Ubuntu 10.10
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curious - how do you get linux on to the phone?
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07-14-2008, 02:02 PM
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Guru
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: NJ, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Debian
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More advanced phones allow you to install new software onto them, and even if it isn't a supported feature, people create new firmware images for devices all the time.
Just flash it with the kernel and an initrd instead of the stock firmware. Getting all the bugs worked out is a totally different story...but just booting Linux on a phone is not so much of a problem anymore.
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