[TriLUG] Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA was: Windows CE and Linux

David A. Cafaro dac at cafaro.net
Tue Mar 19 15:02:05 EST 2002


Will do!  I just have to wait till the end of the month for delivery.  But 
when I do, and have a little time to play with it, I'll be sure to post a 
review on it.  Really looking forward to ssh, X11, gaim, vnc, and all the 
other software all ready ported to it.

At 02:46 PM 3/19/2002, you wrote:
> > I don't know if you are interested but I just put my order in for a new
> >  Sharp Zaurus SL 5500 that comes running Linux.  [snip]
>
>Actually I'm very interested.
>
>I got a Palm V on eBay which does the job but I have to fix the date on it
>from time to time (which is really weird because it keeps good time, just
>bad dates if it has been left off for a couple of days).  It'll get me by
>for now but the palm software scene is full of Greedware (pay me $10-$25+
>for something that has minimal functionality, integrates with no desktop
>apps, and oh yeah occaisionally GPF's the palm itself!)  Not that I mind
>paying for good software, but the stuff I've seen on the Palm scene
>generally isn't.
>
>I think that synching with my desktop would be a lot easier if I were
>running open specification apps on both ends of the equation.
>
>Please by all means fill us in on the dirt when your new toy arrives.
>
>
>
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