Re: OpenZaurus for sl-700

Hello,

I bought an old SL-700 zaurus. Actually, it runs a cacko distribution. But
> I'm not satisfied:
> - consumes memory ;
> - slow to start application ;
>

On my side most apps (but opie-compat based) start up in under in under one
second.

- simple terminal seems to be really memory consumer.
>

ps awx for several apps on my Sl-5500 (OZ  3.5.4, opie, root-on-SD):

Application       size in memory (kb)
addressbook    4620
datebook           6036
texteditor           5476
opie-console    5440

I guess most of the per-app memory goes to shared libraries.

I want to use my zaurus as:
> - a PIM assistant
> - a ssh terminal
> - an occasional web browser
> - as an MP3 player
> - perhaps for mails
>

mostly covers my requirements.

No need for a MP3 player with beautiful animated equalizer: simply a MP3
> player (select playlist an play it).
>

xmms is good enough.

Do you think OpenZaurus can help me? Is it more optimized? Is it possible to
> optimize it?
>

I used Cacko ROM for SL-5500 some time ago. It is based on sharp ROM, so
many programs written for sharp ROM work automatically. OZ's sharp-compat
package solves the problem, but takes it's own speed toll. Have  not noticed
any memory-related problems though.

-- 
Arieh

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