Re: [LUG] PDA M$

["Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx>]

n 02/02/07, Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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 . . .

There's some satellite navigation software in Debian/Ubuntu-Universe. Not sure what it's called, but do an apt-cache/synaptic search and it will be found. Fedora users can probably find some sort of unofficial RPM for it, if someone posts the name..

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