Janus Sandsgaard wrote:
I am going to buy a Palm pilot, and it is essential for me that I works 100%
with Linux and KDE applications such as Korganizer, KAdressBook etc. I am
considering Palm Tungsten C or Tungsten E. The latter should work with
KPilot:
http://www.slac.com/pilone/kpilot_home/hardware.html#pilot
But how well?
And what about Tungsten C (with WiFi)?
Does anybody successfully use a Palm Tungsten C or Tungsten E with SuSE Linux
and KDE? Does it work out of the box?
I unfortunately can't comment on the Palm OS 5 experience with Linux,
but I've had great success with my OS 4.1 Sony Clie SJ33. Both KPilot
and JPilot work like a charm (JPilot is probably the closest you'll get
to Palm Desktop on Linux, while KPilot is handy for both managing
conduits and quick-installing applications). For awhile, I synchronized
both Evolution and KOrganizer without difficulty, but I eventually just
went to JPilot as my primary PIM app. I'm even able to directly access
the Memory Stick (Sony's proprietary expansion card format, analogous to
the Secure Digital you'd have with the T|C or T|E), which appears on my
desktop as external mass storage, easily mounted.
My Mandrake installation appears to be using modules compiled to support
the old Handspring Visor (to my knowledge, the first Palm OS handheld
with USB sync capability). I believe these are kernel-level and should
be available on SuSE; in fact, you may have something newer. Unless
PalmSource have radically changed the way PalmOne devices communicate
with a desktop machine, there's a good chance your handheld and your PC
should be able to talk to eachother. Whether or not there would be
changes in synchronizing with particular KDE apps, I can't say with any
certainty.
I'm sure there's Palm OS 5-specific information out there somewhere.
Best of luck,
Marv
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