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

Hi,

        So when does it look like 0.5 will be ready? And what will be in it?

Thanks
Larry

>
>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@keyspanenergy.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:33 PM
>> To: familiar@handhelds.org
>> Cc: ipaq@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 12:43:48 2001