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On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 16:52 +0200, Peter Karlsson wrote: |
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> Hi! |
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> I'm thinking of purchasing an dell axim x50. There seems to be someone |
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> working on it at 'http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/DellAximX50' but the |
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> mail-list is non-existant and the info seems really sketchy to say the |
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> least. Is there anyone on this list that has any experience in porting |
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> linux to handhelds, perhaps in collaboration with 'familiar-linux' and |
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> 'www.handhelds.org'? What kind of tools (hard- and software-wise) is |
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> needed? |
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There appears to be at least some support for some of the Axims in the |
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handhelds.org kernel. It's probably not all there (especially for a |
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newer axim model). If you don't have kernel hacking skills, you'll |
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probably do a lot of waiting for someone else. If you think you can |
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handle that, go for it. |
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Personally, I'd say cough up the extra money to get an ipaq that works |
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already. Then you get started directly on the next step. |
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> I would like to run a gentoo derived 'distro' on this machine... and |
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> ultimately would like to run octave+gnuplot, a calendar app, memo app and |
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> if at all possible even gps. I guess I have a lot of work cut out for me |
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> (right?). :-) |
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Yes, lots of work. I'm the only one currently that seems to have the |
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knowledge (well, I'm good at sucking it out of spanky and solar |
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anyways), the desire, and the hardware to work with PDAs. The hardware |
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part is the big one. I have a sneaking suspicion that spanky could get |
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this all going in no time if he had the hardware. As for me, I've got |
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very limited time lately. So, aside from being able to answer your |
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questions, and point you in the right direction on some stuff, I don't |
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think I'd be much help. |
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--Iggy |
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> Best regards |
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> Peter K |
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