This is posted to both mapalad and plug lists. On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, H. Paw wrote: > Its really old news that you can flash your Ipaq with a Linux OS. The Compaq > guys have been doing that since May. There;s a lot of guides on the internet > on how to flash the Ipaq ROM with the linux PDA. May 2001 might be old news for you, but for Linux folks in Manila this is great news! Because the Compaq guys can do it does not mean it is easy -- try doing it and find out how complicated it can be. Linux is open source. You normally have to build the Linux image from source code before you can flash it into your iPAQ. But before you can do this, you need to build the tools on your Linux PC with which to build the Linux image for your iPAQ. And linux won't work all by itself. You need the C library, the shell program and the applications. All of this you must build from source. But why build from source? So that you can modify the program in order to improve it, and so that you can share your mods with others. This way, software improves, and the improvements are shared by all. Sacha must have downloaded just the binaries, and used that to flash her iPAQ. I that will not be the only topic of her talk, because that would be boring, even for us, Linux folks. PMana _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
