well i was wondering if there was such a thing as Linux for Microsoft's PocketPC....

so i did a search and this is what came back

Pocket Linux

thats not exactly what i had in mind. anybody got any ideas if such a thing exists ?

thanx much!

- perry

Pocket Linux certainly exists. They used to have a LinuxCE project, which was to replace the WindowsCE OS on a PDA, if you were so inclined. The iPaq has its own kernel, though I can't remember its name. I have a VTech Helio, 2 MB ROM, 8 MB RAM, 75 MHz MIPS CPU, and it is running Linux, based on the VR kernel. The Agenda VR3 can run linux. Most Palm PDAs can run their own brand of linux. Check out linuxdevices to find out more. Check out PicoGUI and the PicoLinux project. If you have a sufficiently fast PDA, PicoGUI might be feasible. It's not for mine. Too slow. But I love Linux on my PDA!

check out http://familiar.handhelds.org/ it works on the ipaq

i think lycoris is also developing one
www.lycoris.com

it looks very very nice, how i wish i could have something like that on my Casio PocketPC....



- perry

Wahhheyyyy

I got my Linux Agenda VR3
It's a sort of very cheap but Linux compatible PDA.
It's kinda cool, very low specs though - but exciting as you can interact with your Linux network, it has a console (so bash commands works fine) - and you can (if you know how to!) - program apps for it.

I haven't explored it enough, but am still excited, my purpose in buying was to learn more about Linux (specially embedded kernels) rather than having a full blown PDA - if I wanted that I'd go for a Sharp Zaurus

I will write more, when I discover more && if people are interested/want me to.

cool sounds good

Well, how would you feel about purchasing a tablet PC? For about $200 - $250 you can get a Fujitsu Stylistic 2300 which has a 400 MHz Pentium (2 or 3, I can't remember), 32 MB RAM (usually upgraded to 192), a 4 GB ATA hard drive, shock mounted. The stylistic 3400 - 3500 is about $300 - $350, and has a 500 MHz processor. It's got about a 10 inch screen, with a pressure sensitive stylus and high resolution digitizer. They come with PS/2 connectors, USB, PCMCIA card slots, serial ports, parallel ports, you name it, it's probably got it. And the coolest thing, aside from the stylus and digitzer, everything is just like a normal laptop. There are a few pen input drivers out there and also a few handwriting and shape recognition programs available. I know the hard drives can go much higher, but the RAM is kinda limited to 192 MB. A really nice machine, though. I'm planning on getting one myself.