Linux On iPAQ 3600 Handheld
Posted by
CmdrTaco
on Fri Jun 16, 2000 11:44 AM
from the yeah-baby dept.
from the yeah-baby dept.
wruji writes: "Linux on Compaq's upcoming iPAQ PocketPC.
handhelds.org has more info
including
install instructions" Cute little box.
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iMarketing (Score:3)
Find it Fast
Be Prepared for Anything
Fit in, Standout
See it all Clearly
Touch it, Feel it, Believe it
Take it Easy
Does any of that actually make sense? I especially like "Touch it, Feel it, Believe it". Reminds me of the fake commercials in the robocop movies.
Amusing Contradiction (Score:3)
How do they pull that one off? Maybe by day, the iPAQ makes you a mild-mannered reporter, but by night... it makes you a grouchy, irritable reporter... (with superhuman crankiness).
Re:Why not... (Score:3)
The new Compaq iPaq is the only WinCE handheld with it's OS on a Flashable ROM.
Remember the April Fools Webserver? (Score:3)
I'm using a Jornada 548. The thing as as much RAM and a more powerful processor than the desktop computer I was using 5 years ago. Forget for a moment about the battery life (I know, we're entering the "willing suspension of disbelief" zone). You should be able to run just about anything with a specific installation of Linux on this.
As for the people who ask "Why would you want to?" I can only say because you can. Most technological improvements were developed that way, and then other people quickly found applications for them. Heck, most people didn't see a use for portable phones not too long ago...
And, if nothing else, it gives people one more option. And that is always a good thing.
Re:Why would you install Linux? (Score:4)
nojw
Re:Compaq=Trustworthy? Hardly (Score:3)
Now that Compaq, IBM, and SGI seem to be making a big effort to get Linux on whole new types of machines (Compaq: handhelds, IBM: mainframes, SGI: supercomputers) the only real issue is going to be taking advantage of these corporations' help as much as possible.
Sigh... Seems like Linux, Solaris, and NT are going to be all that's left for non-desktop boxen RSN. It'll be interesting to see what happens if Linux is able to do something similar on the desktop and get corporate designers working on a better UI.
deathb
Unclear (Score:3)
NOT that Compaq can do it for you. Do-it-yourself.
Shouldn't be too hard, as it runs on a StrongArm...
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Why would you install Linux? (Score:4)
I must ask WHY you would want to install Linux on a hand-held device?? I mean, yeah, it's COOL. It's fun, you can impress your friends, but it doesn't seem very efficient. Linux is powerful as hell, but the interface is still done mostly through command line. This is a good thing. I think (and a lot of people might agree) that the command line is the most efficient way to work. On a handheld device like this, however, command line interface becomes a chore.
Linux is also powerful becuase it's a true multi-user environment. Runlevel 3 ceases to be important in a small device like this (I would think). And what are you going to install on it? Somehow I'm guessing tons of stuff would refuse to compile.
I mean, yeah, it's cool and all, but unless someone writes a distro of Linux designed to be fully graphical etc and perform like WinCE (without the instability and Microsoft patronage) I just don't really understand the usefullness of installing Linux on this thing.
Except, of course, for the coolness value =)
DranoK
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons even death may die.
What iHate (Score:3)