Re: [jornada] Ubuntu, some people interested in ARM/handhelds

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Mauricio Hernandez Z. wrote:

> Maybe, and please, just maybe -I am not considering any complaints from
> some Debian people, nor from some Ubuntu people, who usually discuss
> about who is better!- there could be some joint collaborative
> efforts/work ?

I do not know if this list is the best for this question. This one is
dedicated for HP jornadas problems. The fact that for jornada we have
working debian/gentoo/whatever is not result of any coordinated work, but
some kind of side-effects of that these distributions produce arm
binaries and we have kernel and bootloader running. If ubuntu is
recompiled for arm then it should run the same way with modified kernel as
anything else from familiar to jlime is running.

But the power of any PDA handheld lies in the special apps and
environments that are important for PDA users and these are completely
different story than giant desktop apps - these are managed under Familiar
or OpenEmbedded project, which is/should be soon, I believe, the base for
most kinds of PDA linux distros.

> As I said, I'd be VERY happy to run Edubuntu on any PDA/Handheld so
> teachers and students can easily and get benefits outside lab walls.

I do not think running Ubuntu like desktop is feasible on any PDA. PDA is
not a notebook.

> Now, of course, Edubuntu is Ubuntu + LTSP version + lots of edu-apps (so
> far, KDE apps and GNOME apps). AFAIK, the LTSP version and the edu-apps
> could be ported to ARM based Debian, but a joined effort is lot better
> than many wheels designs ;)

More I would appreciate is effort to make desktop apps comunicate properly
with those for handhelds.

> --
> Cordialmente,
>
> Mauricio Hernandez Z.

All above is only my opinion.

Adam Pribyl
Received on Tue Apr 18 2006 - 17:34:08 EDT