Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Domains

Domain: centurysoftware.com

Stories and comments across the archive that link to centurysoftware.com.

Comments · 4

  1. Interesting option by cheese_wallet · · Score: 1 · on First Review of Sharp's new Linux-based PDA

    I was originally going to post something negative here, but as I read the article, I came across this article on what Century Software has done working with the distro from handhelds.org. And other open software, like FLTK. FLTK is a neat tool kit that uses OpenGL as its window renderer, and pretty much works on any os that has OpenGL libraries.

    I was impressed enough to revise my original opinion of Linux on a PDA. Which was the thought that it is neat to run Linux on a PDA, but why bother? I use a PDA to sync my calendar and emails. Everytime msoft changes express or whatever, the linux equivelants are broken, so why fight it?

    But in reading what Century has done, well, it hasn't changed that opinion, but their package is cool enough that it makes me want to install it on my Ipaq anyway.

  2. Not quite Quake ... by Palin · · Score: 1 · on Quake For The iPaq

    It's not quite Quake ... but Doom has been running on the linux based iPAQ for about a month now AFAIK.

    Check it out here

  3. More info by nathanm · · Score: 2 · on COMDEX and Linux Handhelds

    There's more info on Microwindows & ViewML here, including the obligatory /. screens hot .

  4. Is this for real? by smolix · · Score: 1 · on More on Putting Linux On iPAQ
    I don't know how many people actually had a look at the pictures but in all the excitement that i've seen among the comments I have a nagging doubt.

    Are the screenshots for real?

    They look too blurred to me. Maybe they were doctored with Photoshop/Gimp. At least it isn't that difficult to take a good picture. In particular, since all four pics were so blurred that you couldn't really read anything (maybe except for a Tux lookalike).

    I looked at the jpg file and the pictures seem to be taken with an Olympus SR85 (but that might be fake). These things should be able to give decent pictures even at short distances.

    Besides that, why would you want to have Linux on a PDA in the first place? You don't need all the bells and whistles that come with it (the same is true for WinGE).