Pocket PC linux?

[zour]

Hey, I have been wondering for a while if there is a way to get Linux installed on a pocket PC, or an i just a feeble dreamer?

[Harry Kuhman]

or an i just a feeble dreamer?
Likely just a dreamer. Such crazy ideas.....
http://www.mtekk.com.au/images/lycoris_ppc_apps.png

[maxIT]

If processor is supported why not, maybe you can put in it something like that http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/baslinux/

[OErjan]

linux works on Palm and several other devices. NOT easy to install though.
look for mu linux with gooel. and search for your_pda AND linux
here are two i found just now.
http://www.cfar.umd.edu/~arvind/linuxonipaq.htm
http://www.emdebian.org/
http://www.uclinux.org/

[chris-harry]

but how much better would the PDA's bee... you can go head over heals with the GUI and make it look something crazzy out of james bond (i know, there hasnt been any PDA's in james bond, BUT THERE WILL BE!!!!)

[zour]

Yes!!! this is wonderful!!! I have to give this a try... But the sense i get there are none with a GUI? Oh well i can get it for now and who knows maybe in a year there will be Red Hat for Pocket PC or something?? And Harry that is just a photoshop right???? or did you get that from somewhere!!!!!

[Harry Kuhman]

And Harry that is just a photoshop right???? or did you get that from somewhere!!!!!
No, it's not a Photoshop image. At least not 1 I did (one can never trust vendors however). I've never even touched a "pocket PC", so I can hardly say if this is really viable or not. But I do know how to use Google. I found that within a couple minutes of a quick Google search. I didn't bookmark where I found it, but since I just linked to the image in the article you should be able to find it pretty simply by looking at the image's URL, or just by hitting Google like I did.

[chris-harry]

>> But the sense i get there are none with a GUI?<< if not you could proberly make your own, or get the source code from somewhere and just edit it about here and there, (for example scrren resolution), stuff like that... :D:D and presto...

[OErjan]

i have actually used a vt100 emulator for palm and the hotsync cable to do some stuff with a sun servers:-) using the pen instead of keyboard is hard but it works.

[zour]

if not you could proberly make your own, or get the source code from somewhere and just edit it about here and there, (for example scrren resolution), stuff like that... :D:D and presto...
Make my own!!!! that would be so intense, however I don't have enough skill to do such as thing. but this other idea about reconfiguring another one might work. I will need a memory card update to do so though.....

From what I gather on Google there is one in development, or there was one in development and none of them support the Toshiba E330... curses! Why didn't I get an Ipaq!

OErjan.. where did you find this emulator?

[OErjan]

here,
http://www.tarunz.org/~vassilii/pub/#pilot
to be precise
http://vt100.tarunz.org/
sadly that link is now DEAD.
After a quick search I found it here aswell
http://dtag.whoi.edu/dtag/pilot.html
http://icculus.org/~phaethon/PalmOS/vt100/
works great with the serial cable. it should work with a USB cable in lnux if setup right.
by the way i use a OLD palm m500.
EDIT by the way to make your own linux try the LFS site for documentation and guidance.
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
it is not an insurmpountable obstacle, it just takes TIME. /EDIT

[chris-harry]

time and a little bit of elbow grease...