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Linux On The Dell Axim

Posted by timothy on from the michael-are-you-listening dept.

An anonymous reader points to this interesting project to run the Familiar Linux distribution on the Dell Axim. "It includes a picture of the Axim running Linux and directions for loading Linux on the Dell Axim from the CF card. Looks like a good start to this project." It's limited for now (crashes after 15 minutes, must be loaded through the installed version of Windows), but everything starts out that way.

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  1. linux remote by tobes · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Using the Axim as a X client on a wireless network would be kind of like having a kick ass linux remote control.

  2. Re:linux on everything by dubStylee · · Score: 5, Interesting

    will running linux on your pocket pc really be useful?

    I'm someone who didn't pay enough attention to that question a few months ago and is way sorry now, here's my story:

    1. I purchase the Toshiba e740 with pocketPC 2002
    for $600

    2. Six months later pocketPC 2003 comes out and Toshiba declinces to make it available to e740 users.

    I now have no possibility of any kind of upgrade for any of my software. I am stuck with what was available pre-2003 for the rest of the life of the device. Now if Toshiba leaks out enough information about their hardware to allow someone to port linux to it, I could eventually upgrade the software.