Re: Embedded Linux PDA
Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> writes:
> 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 looks
> pretty good.
AFAIK the Zaurus is the only one that blessedly runs Linux. There are
hobbyists who also run Linux on the Compaq iPAQ, but at least several
months ago this wasn't so useful.
> 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.
I believe there are ssh clients for pretty much every popular handheld
operating system out there; for example, Googling for "palmos ssh
client" is productive. Having an ssh *server* on the handheld is a
little different, though. :-)
(My personal opinion, from having played with Linux-on-iPAQ for a bit,
is that having a shell on a handheld isn't so useful, and the actual
PDAish tools you can get for it aren't so useful. I actually went
ahead and bought a Sony Clie and have been pretty happy with it so
far; there's a fair bit of useful PalmOS software out there, though I
haven't actually tried writing my own yet.)
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