Re: [tlug] Linux Zaurus is very cool

[<stephen@example.com>]

Joseph Essertier writes:

 > satisfied with their dual boot setup, and no one tells us how hard it
 > was (at least not in terms that semi-newbies like me can understand).

I haven't actually tried to dual-boot, tho I did try OZ for a bit
(couldn't live without handwriting recognition and the dictionary, so
I converted back); my C750 died so the host I planned to experiment
with is no longer available.  I'm due for an upgrade on the C3100
though so...

 > Stu gave this advice:
 > Check out [url=http://www.oesf.org/forums/]Open Embedded Software
 > foundation[/url]

Ge.  The URL is <http://www.oesf.org/forums/>.

 > Based on what Stu and Alain said, it sounds like there aren't yet
 > any Linux distributions that run on the 3200 in a stable way, but
 > I'd like to confirm that, and get a sense of how unstable they are.

The Sharp ROM *is* a Linux distribution.  There's your proof of
concept.

I can't imagine that the hardware is going to be at risk.  What the
Sharp ROM gives you that the all-OSS systems don't is (1) Qtopia,
which is a version of Qt that drives the hardware more or less
directly rather than running on top of X, and (2) assorted proprietary
applications (specifically handwriting recognition).