I personally found that familiar complete wasn't incredibly good for
taking notes/contacts. Aside from that i didn't really like the blackbox
interface. Then I tried pocket linux on top of familiar-bootstrap and i
found that wasn't terrible useful either.
QPE is what i have now and i really like it. It's fairly stable and has
much of the functionality i want. notes/contacts/appointment manager
There are no conversion or syncing capabilities, but i don't really need
that so it's not too much of a problem.
YMMV, but i am currently enjoying my ipaq(now if only there was better
power management)
Dave
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Theodore E Poe Jr. wrote:
> 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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