[ILUG] iPaq & linux : or a Zaurus!

[David Golden]

On Friday 07 June 2002 15:45, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone experience with linux on an iPaq.  I know someone must as there
> was one at the linux expo.
>

I wasn't at the linux expo - I have, however installed linux on an iPAQ
while I was in england. It works pretty well, but it's fiddly to install (and 
marginally dangerous - HP/Compaq Labs do say they will rescure dead iPAQs 
that didn't make it)

> I'd like if possible to ask for opinions about how useful one of these
> things is with linux in practice.  Without a keyboard is a terminal not
> somewhat inconvenient? 

People typically don't install linux on it to use it as a terminal, but 
rather to experiment with one of the GUI technologies -
Qtopia is the most polished, specially configured X is more flexible.

See 
http://www.handhelds.org/
http://www.trolltech.com/

Anyway, for the same price, or a bit cheaper, one can get a Zaurus
SL-5500D _with_ a keyboard running Qtopia 


- They're available in 
Mr.Calculator off Grafton Street in Dublin.

I just got mine today :-)) 
On my credit card :-((


> What editors are practical?  Would vim be feasible?

Vim would work, but I imagine a modal editor would be particularly fiddly
with a small or no keyboard  - Qtopia has a bog-standard text editor
that is adequate if you don't want syntax-highlighting.



>




> Gavin