RE: [uug] advice of pda's for use with linux - Zaurus

[Jeremy Browne]

Ok, I'm joining the thread a bit late, but since I'm posting this from my 
Zaurus 5500 on a street in Paris' 10th district - from a wireless point I 
found from warwalking with my Zaurus, I think I have something to say.

1. I love my Zaurus. However, it is not a PDA. It is a palmtop computer 
running Embedix, with some PDA apps, but the fact that there are so many 
available on eBay shows that too many people who think they are buying a 
nice PDA don't understand what they're getting into.

2. The boxed Zauaus OS is nice. I will try OpenZaurus when I get back - I 
don't have time right now. The PIM apps are ok, but they don't sync with 
Linux (I only sync to backup). There are a lot of precompiled backages for 
most Zaurus OSes. I run Apache, PHP, MySQL, Perl, VNC (server and client), 
Samba, SSH, etc. I even can listen to MP3s, when I'm on campus, that are 
stored on my office server. Yeah, 40GB iPod? I got a 2TB Zaurus :)

3. Also, the Zaurus has both CF and SD slots. I got a SMC 802.11 in the CF 
and a 128MB of RAM in the SD.

For a full write up on my Z, see my blog:
http://128.187.176.19/index.php?current_section=Life&current_subsection=Toys
or email me off UUG.
Regards,

Jeremy

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