Re: SD-RAM enough ( and other questions ) ?

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Norman Jonas wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am currently deciding if I should bye a HP hx4700. Yet there's one big
> question I have : Are the 64 MB of SD-Ram sufficient, will it be
> sufficient for at least 3 years to run a recent familiar distribution
> ( especially GPE ) ? So I would like to ask what actual owners think -
> is this ram enough - how much free ram do you have when running a lot of
> apps ? Furthermore I have read that there is a company in the USA that
> offers an upgrade to 128 MB of SD-Ram. However I live in germany and
> wouldn't send my device over the big sea. So can this be done somewhere
> in germany ? Or even better - can this upgrade be done manually ( e.g.
> open device and change SD-Ram module [ where to bye it ] ) or does it
> require some heavier intervention - if someone knows this or even has
> done such an upgrade please let me know ).

64MB is more than enough for most apps (if not all). I've only
encountered a few apps that need 128 (gimp, firefox) to be usefull.

>
> Other questions are :
>
> - Is it possible to read PDF documents with gpe ( on GNOME there is
> evince - is there something similar for gpe ) ?

Evince and gpdf are available. Evince works better, but loads the entire
document into RAM, so for large docs you'll probably need gpdf or a
swapfile.

>
> - Will there be an official familiar distribution for the hx4700
> available soon ( Is WiFi & Powermanagement near to be working ) ?

Familiar 0.8.3 should have support for hx4700, with powermanagement, but
internal wifi probably isn't working when 0.8.3 comes out. CF wifi cards
work great, though.

>
> - Is it possible to sync evolution 2.4.1 calendar, emails, contacts to
> gpe ?

Calendar, contacts and todo can be synced via opensync, emails will need
a different solution.

>
> - Is it possible to sync gtodo with gpe's todo ?

Not that I know of, but if gtodo can talk to opensync it should be possible.

>
> - Is it possible to sync epiphany ( topic based ) bookmarks to gpe ?

There was some talk about syncing bookmarks a while ago, but no code has
been written yet.

regards,

Koen

> Please forgive me for asking all these questions, but I want to be sure
> before bying it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Norman
>
> P.S.: Thanks to all devs doing the hard work of porting familiar to this
> device and all devs developing the desktop environments !
>
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