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06-15-2008, 12:32 PM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Canada
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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, 06:02 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: NJ, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Debian
Posts: 5,852
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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, 08:16 PM
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Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Slackware64 15; SlackwareARM-current (aarch64); Debian 12
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This site might help:
http://tuxmobil.org/ |
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06-19-2008, 04:25 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Northeast 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 04:27 PM.
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07-14-2008, 02:51 PM
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Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Cyberspace
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, 03:02 PM
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LQ 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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