Re: [tlug] Redhat

[bhoward@example.com]

>>>>> "Ulrich" == Ulrich Plate <plate@example.com> writes:

James> So Ulrich are you running Open Zaurus?  I have thought about
James> switching over but I don't want to break anything.  I don't
James> have the confidence with my zaurus like I do with my standard
James> computer that I can clear the water again and make everything
James> work right after I start mucking things up.

Ulrich> Nah, I'm not. Too scared meself. :) Actually, OZ for the model
Ulrich> I have (C700) hasn't been around long enough for me to make a
Ulrich> decision whether I want to try it or not (I'm what the French
Ulrich> call velleitaire to a frightening degree). Mucking things up
Ulrich> wouldn't have any dramatic effects, though, you can always
Ulrich> flash the original ROM back in place.  Sharp provides images
Ulrich> for that on their developer website.

Personally, I'm holding off OZ for SL-C7XX series PDA's until support
for detecting screen rotation and appropriately reorienting the
applications has stabilized.  I am, however, strongly tempted to drop
in a new kernel with the preemption patch fairly soon.  Some folks
have claimed a noticably gain in responsiveness on zaurus' running it
(heh, might also be nice opportunity to turn off the sharp logo and
see normal linux boot messages)

My main efforts of late have focused on reconciling differences
between jeode and personal java sufficiently so that a single ipk for
a java app will correctly configure for either jvm.  In particular,
differences in how fonts are configured under each jvm and strange
font behaviour in both jvm's depending on localization settings have
proven a bit of a pain.

On the whole, I have found the zaurus pretty solid and most strange
behaviour attributable to effects from my own hacking and testing.
There are a few things that would still keep me from recommending them
in favour of palm devices for the general users but the latest models
are getting really close, imo.  As a mobile hacking device, however,
it beats anything else out there in the same class/size hands down.

					Cheers,
					Bruce