Re: Embedded Linux PDA

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Jamin W. Collins wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 01:46:40PM -0800, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
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> > I'm thinking of getting a Linux embedded PDA, but was wondering what
> > people would advise. Looking at what's out there Sony's Zaurus 
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> That would be Sharp's Zaurus, not Sony.  I think I'd die of shock if I
> ever saw a Sony device provided with Linux natively. =) 
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> > looks pretty good.  
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> I'd wait for the new version due out in Feb 2003 (actually I already
> am).
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> > Anyhow, really the main reason I would want one is not just for
> > addresses and some scheduling, but really, I would like to be certain
> > that I could ssh in to servers as necessary.  
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> That's a very good question... anyone with a Zaurus or similar that can
> confirm or deny the ability to run a shell and shell utils?
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I have the SL-5000 (Developer's model); it has bash and depending on 
what you mean by shell utils, has them also (free, ls, ps, cd, grep, mv, 
rm, set, echo, etc). I'm told that ssh[d] will run on it, but I haven't 
gotten around to putting it on yet. Hope to do so in the next week or so.

Kent