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Zaurus Software Reviews

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-do-you-use-it-for-anyway dept.

Steve Emms writes "The Zaurus SL-5500 PDA represents a new frontier. Here Linux is not an afterthought shoehorned onto a windows product - the Zaurus is a PDA that comes configured with Linux out of the box. And it's a good fit, Linux works well on relatively low spec machines like PDAs. But it's the software that makes the machine. So LinuxLinks has started a series of reviews of commercial Linux software for the Zaurus." Little thin right now, but a nice start for anyone interested in the PDA.

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  1. Re:Links by Capt.+Beyond · · Score: 4, Informative

    You forgot the two most important links:
    http://opie.handhelds.org
    http://openzaurus.sourceforge.net

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  2. Hardware, not software, is what the Zaurus needs by charlie · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Speaking as a [new] Zaurus owner, the one thing I'd give my right foot for is a Think Outside folding keyboard, or equivalent. Just something I can plug the Zaurus into and use for touch-typing.

    The Zaurus keyboard is better than nothing, but it's not good enough -- and handwriting input isn't what I want. 90% of what I do with a laptop when I'm on the move is concerned with text, and the Zaurus with a folding external keyboard and a spare battery would actually replace a laptop for most purposes. So where are the hardware add-ons?

  3. Lots of Software by HomerG · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are over 550 programs for the Zaurus at the Zaurus Software Index. Also the Zaurus is more than just a PDA, it's a complete computer in a very small case.

  4. Re:Windows look and feel ? by zulux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Honda use to only make motorcycles. They decided to make cars one day, and low and behold - Honda made a car just like Ford! It had four wheels, engine up front with a stearing wheel in the same place. Hell, even the controlls were roughly in the same place.

    The point being, asiide from me being a sarcastic twit, is that people are getting use to XP and it's 'tarded telletubies interface. They, as all smart developers, are giving people (the consumers) what they want.

    And, to me, it looks like the "XP Team" copied Gnome - Gnome had rounded-large-colorfull icons well before XP did.

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  5. Re:Console Only Mode by ForceOfWill · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, it does. You have to press '/' then 'a' at bootup, when it gives the 'Wait' prompt. The options when you press '/' are:

    q (x): Qtopia
    a (e): Linux Console
    e (e): init 3 (ttyS0:-free-)
    r (e): init 4 (ttyS0:terminal)
    t (e): init 5 (ttyS0:pppd)

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