[ale] linux pda's

[Dow Hurst]

I have a Sharp Zaurus 5600SL that I have high hopes for.  The OpenZaurus 
project just got stable enough for that model for me to try as soon as I 
have time.  Any model that you can find people happy with the current 
opensource OS project on their model would be fine.  I would definitely 
read thru a month or two of postings for each project your interested in 
for a particular piece of hardware.  IPAQs will load OZ but I've only 
been following OZ so don't know too much about anything but the Sharp 
PDAs.  Take your time investigating as OpenEmbedded is cranking up and 
OZ's maintainer's are back on full steam ahead.  So the future looks 
bright for Linux PDAs the project is coding for.  I think from posts 
that the newer Sharp models may have better screen lighting.

Do lot's of homework on what PDAs are out there and what opensource 
projects support them.  I have waited since September to get an OZ that 
would load on the Sharp 5600.
Dow


Jason Vinson wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a good linux pda that won't cost me too much to 
> acquire (possibly via ebay).  I would like something that I can run my 
> own window manager on vs. having to run one that is specified by the 
> vendor/os.
>
> thanks,
> Jason
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