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On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 23:32 +0100, Jean-Marc Beaune wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I've been enjoying Gentoo for several years on computers and I was |
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> looking forward to playing with Gentoo embedded. |
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> I finally have the opportunity to get some hardware to start playing |
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> and it's an HTC S710. |
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> - Is it possible to embed Gentoo on such a device? |
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Yes. It's an OMAP850 based device. The guys who are active on developing |
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for that chip are the guys who can be found in #linwizard on freenode |
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(which uses gentoo at it's core for it's userlands so far) |
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http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/ |
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http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=679 |
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> - Which graphical interface? |
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I've been using GPE so far. |
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> - I would like to use the phone eventually, are there some nice |
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> applications developped for mobile devices? |
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Yes and No. |
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> - Is Gentoo embedded the best choice? |
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That is a per user choice. |
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> - Will I be able to restore windows on it? |
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Most likey yes. Chances are you will be doing most everything intially |
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via haret.exe which lets you boot the linux kernel from WM. And upon |
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reboot it goes back to WM. |
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Ned Ludd <solar@g.o> |
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