Setting Up and Connecting with a Linux PDA [Archive]

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Jason Dunn

11-11-2002, 11:07 PM

<a href="http://connecteduser.com/a002.php">http://connecteduser.com/a002.php</a><br /><br />So you say you have a Pocket PC now running Linux, and you want to communicate with other devices? Check this article out.

szamot

11-12-2002, 12:18 AM

Setting up Linux on the Ipaq is a breeze, a couple of hours worth of work if you are a Linux novice like me, it is what you do with it after that matters. While Linux might have its appeal the general lack of applications is what will have people swithching as soon as they have done the install. At least that was the case with me. It is a good learning experiance though.

sponge

11-12-2002, 12:22 AM

Wish I hadn't gotten rid of my old CF card so I could dual boot Linux :\

pdajunkies

11-12-2002, 01:35 AM

Has anyone ever

1) synced a PPC or Linux embedded device with Linux?

2) Put Linux on a Toshiba e740?

Oooh... I can't wait for the responses.

jim s

11-12-2002, 02:45 AM

Has anyone ever

1) synced a PPC or Linux embedded device with Linux?

2) Put Linux on a Toshiba e740?

Oooh... I can't wait for the responses.

1) Nope.

2) Uh, Nope.

I bet those weren't the answers you couldn't wait for. :P

pdajunkies

11-12-2002, 04:18 AM

That's actually the answers I knew I would receive.

But... you never know.

mobileMike

11-12-2002, 06:32 AM

Has anyone ever

1) synced a PPC or Linux embedded device with Linux?

2) Put Linux on a Toshiba e740?

Oooh... I can't wait for the responses.

I hope to get the Linux iPAQ back today for a longer period of time. A couple of my tasks will be....

- Get Bluetooth running
- Configure an unsupported WLAN card to work
- Test Syncing the PDA with Windows and Linux

juni

11-12-2002, 08:57 AM

Tell us how it went, I have an Ipaq 3630 gathering dust. Could be interesting to try Linux. :)

klinux

11-12-2002, 11:54 AM

I still can't believe no one (e.g. Sharp, Apple) has gotten the the linux running Zaurus to sync to a BSD running Mac yet. :(

sponge

11-12-2002, 12:21 PM

juni: Go for it. There are many people that buy iPaqs JUST to run Linux, and it's always a fun project.

szamot

11-12-2002, 03:26 PM

Yes, this short forum is what Linux community is all about, great product that's better than Windowz, or so I hear, but no one is willing to make it work with everyday things that we all use.

juni

11-13-2002, 07:28 AM

Opie looks very cool - lets see if my old Ipaq still turns on :)

mobileMike

11-14-2002, 10:25 PM

Here is the next article in the series....

http://connecteduser.com/a003.php

Syncronizing Linux iPAQ with Microsoft Outlook

- mike