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Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

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looking for a pda

Hi,

I am looking to buy an pda off ebay wondered if there any that would run Arch?

They seem cheap atm as mini notepads are taking over the world :-)

MrG

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dav7

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-02-08

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Re: looking for a pda

You could get an N810, but it uses an ARM processor so you would need to run uArch.

You would still have pacman though and you would be able to enable or disable X (and replace it with framebuffer), and sound, GPS, the little multicolor LED, the keyboard state sensor switch, etc, all have modules for Linux because Linux is this device's official OS

You can also rebuild the kernel for it - the kernel isn't "unmodifiable". There are some closed source binary drivers though, like for bluetooth, GPS, etc, because of NDAs.

-dav7

Last edited by dav7 (2008-11-03 12:04:03)

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Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

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Re: looking for a pda

emmm n810 is not cheap ;-( sure it will run Arch

looks real cool though

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Mr Green