Re: Familiar on Zaurus 5600

Morten Hulden <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.handhelds.linux.familiar
Message-ID <[email protected]>


On Sat, 14 Feb 2009, Carl Thomas wrote:

> What is the latest version of Familiar w/OPIE that works on the Zaurus 5600?
>
> I've also run into a problem with another distro that uses OPIE that I want
> to make sure Familiar doesn't have.
>
> While the initial load of the other package works wonderfully, no additional
> program will install and there is no support or replies from those
> maintaining the distro.
>
> Is program installation after the initial distro installation a problem or
> can I add what I need selectively without trying to create a custom distro
> with the programs I want included?
>
> I'm trying to see if I can breathe new life into the small collection of
> 5600s I support for users who love the 5600 or if I need to just move to a
> newer PDA.

For Zaurus (Opie or X11), you may want to consider using the Angstrom 
distribution (http://www.angstrom-distribution.org). It's 2.6-based and there are 
even webtools (Narcissus) for compiling our own image. Even ipaq users may 
consider Angstrom a better alternative today than the stalled 2.4-based Familiar.

User are also abandoning this list because of the amount of spam we are 
subjected to, so it's hard to get any support here. Also many Handhelds 
developers are now working together with Angstrom people.

M.
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