Re: Very interested onlooker

2008-09-27 Thread Tim Dobson
Minh Ha Duong wrote: I have not read anything about Abiword on FreeRunner. It should be possible to run Abiword on Debian's distro. I run FDOM (2008.9) - depending on what you need to do text editing is possible and it is there :) -- www.tdobson.net If each of us have one object, and we

Very interested onlooker

2008-09-26 Thread Paul
Hello everyone, I have been on this list a few days and thought it only decent to introduce my presence. I am using Linux (Mandrake, now Mandriva) since 1999 and discovered the Freerunner at about the same time that rumours started to appear about what is now the Android phone platform. So

Re: Very interested onlooker

2008-09-26 Thread Minh Ha Duong
I have been on this list a few days and thought it only decent to introduce my presence. Welcome then. Is the Freerunner able to run a PIM-like application (if so, what would that be)? Trolltech ported Qtopia to the FIC Neo Freerunner and 1973 phone, I have never read about anybody daring

Re: Very interested onlooker

2008-09-26 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
On 26/09/2008 14:49, Minh Ha Duong wrote: I have not read anything about Abiword on FreeRunner. Why anyone would use a smartphone for wordprocessing is beyond the understanding of mere a mortal like me. You need a real keyboard to do any serious typing. The idea is to be able to visualize such

Re: Very interested onlooker

2008-09-26 Thread Paul
Hello Minh (and others) Trolltech ported Qtopia to the FIC Neo Freerunner and 1973 phone, I have never read about anybody daring to use evolution or kontact. From what I have seen online, about Qtopia, it looks good. Thank you. Don't expect that to work automagically. Pairing with a

Re: Very interested onlooker

2008-09-26 Thread Al Johnson
On Friday 26 September 2008, Minh Ha Duong wrote: Is there a possibility to install, for instance, Abiword on the Freerunner? I have seen in the archives and on the Wiki that people have installed Gentoo and Debian on the MicroSD card, so that sounds positive. I have not read anything