RE: [iPAQ] [REQUEST 2] Simple answers re usability of iPaq Linux

1) I do not find it useful as a PIM at the moment. But then again, I tend
to reinstall things every couple of days while doing kernel work.

2) Suspend it when not in use. Resume/reboot it when in use. Charge at
least once a day.

3) Wait for 0.5.

4) Your ipaq probably has 32MB of DRAM, 16MB of flash. Up to 16MB of DRAM
will be used for filesystem storage (the rest automatically available to the
kernel and running programs). There's definitely enough room in flash to
enable you to use PPP over a modem and to mount /usr/local on a CF card.

5) I would definitely get an ethernet device such as a Socket Communications
CF ethernet.

Jamey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Theodore E Poe Jr. [mailto:tpoe_at_keyspanenergy.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:33 PM
> To: familiar_at_handhelds.org
> Cc: ipaq_at_handhelds.org
> Subject: [iPAQ] [REQUEST 2] Simple answers re usability of iPaq Linux
>
>
> Sorry to repost this, but I got zero responses since Tuesday...
>
> Simple question #0 before I flash away Windows CE on my iPaq:
> do people
> find a Linux iPaq useful as a PIM? I know that there is
> Mingle, but is
> there a convenient set of apps for tasks, calendar and
> contacts? I see
> that there is QPE, without an email client...
>
> Simple question #1: is there an email client in any of the Familiar
> ipkg's that would enable me to use a CF modem to dialup my
> ISP, download
> my POP3 email and read it (with the ability of saving attachments)?
>
> Simple question #2: what are the care and feeding instructions for a
> Linux iPaq? Under WinCE, I turn it on and off while using
> and recharge
> it every day or so. I've read somewhere that, even with power off, I
> have 8 hours between recharges or else poof.
>
> Simple question #3: should I do version 0.4 immediately,
> else wait for
> 0.5? Anyone know an ETA for 0.5?
>
> Simple question #4: with my 32 mb iPaq, how much free space
> is there to
> work with using task-familiar-complete? I would plan to keep
> a CF card
> for /usr/local, however, I'd need room for basic things if I needed to
> switch to a modem.
>
> Thanks for the advice,
> Ted
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Received on Thu Aug 23 2001 - 11:03:31 EDT