On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 03:14:42PM -0500, Wesley Allen wrote:

Hi everyone, hello

Well, I just traded in my old iPAQ and got the new 3835 (games are possible at last, yea!!!). This version comes with serial connector, along with the usb one. This means that, finally, I can get the boot loader installed on my iPAQ and run linux! Couple of questions first, though... Sounds pretty like a pretty cool unit!

Has anyone run linux on this version yet? The hardware is essentially the same, but you never know... from what i understand there is still quite a bit of work to be done with this. I read on the familiar mailing list, that the buttons on the ipaq 38xx are a little different along with the touch screen. So at the moment it is not recommended to run linux on it. (unfortunately i deleted the message, otherwise i would have included it here)

Which version should I install? Is yopy's distro available? What about zarus'? Should I use embedded QT, or go with a straight familiar distro using blackbox?

i use QT, which is pretty nice. That runs on top of familiar. You will run QT instead of X. (btw i have a 36xx)

Does embedded linux able to mount filesystems on secure memory cards? Just need to know in case I want to get one.

not sure.

Where are good places to get software for embedded linux? Any good games/emulators? What about running pocketPC software?

http://www.handhelds.org -brad