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On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:15:28 +0000 james kilty <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello again > > My friend says > > I'm not sure if I would be able to install Linux on the PDA, as I know > of no way of flashing the chip. Flashing the ROM is not a problem - it just needs to be done carefully. > In any case, I doubt if I could run my > satnav software under Linux and that's my main reason for having the PDA > in the first place. I don't know of a free software sat nav program but that doesn't mean that they don't exist. The biggest issue is getting access to the updates - things like traffic news etc. Most of that data is non-free. Give it time - after all, anything in free software is an SMOP. (Simple Matter Of Programming). If anyone out there wants to pick up the baton and get involved . . . -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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