Pocketlinux Hits 1.0 40
grek writes: "Just noticed that TVT have
announced that Pocketlinux (their combination of linux, kaffe, and xml) v1.0 has been released -- as yet no packages but you can get the source via CVS using the v1 (or branch-v1) tag.
I've benn playing with an earlier CVS version and writing apps for the pl framework is real nice, and easy. Now I just need a ipaq!"
Re:HTTP request sent; waiting for response. (Score:1)
Thats what the preview button is for! (Score:2)
Re:MOSIX Clustering (Score:1)
Yeah, the communication overhead is a bit much, but it is getting better.
Re:A Not-So-Wild Thought (Score:1)
PocketLinux can be built for multiple targets and if you specify i386 as the target it'll run on your desktop with no problems. If fact we have i386 binaries included as part of the distribution so all you need to do is run runme.sh in the binary/i386 directory.
suraj@pocketlinux.com
Hehe (Score:1)
Re:HTTP request sent; waiting for response. (Score:1)
I think this server [152.78.65.48] will surely be much slower. Remember the Potato-Powered Web Server article [slashdot.org] ?
Oops, I guess the potato got slashdotted yet again :-)
Re:Uh, wrong article? (Score:1)
Re:Size issues (Score:1)
PocketLinux still sucks (Score:1)
- you don't boot in GUI but in console mode... pretty funny since you don't have a keyboard, you are forced to login thru some external mean
- you need a 64+ MB compactflash to put the whole filesystem
- you need a Linux box and a CompactFlash reader attached to it to fill the compactflash
in clear words : unless there's something I misunderstood here, this release is totally useless for real-world use. Just a few geeks will be able to install it and use it.
War, Huh... (Score:1)
What kind of apps are available for it? What does its interface look like? Is the site down already?
On a completely different note, it's interesting to think of the reasons behind porting Linux to everything and its brother. You can parlay your programming skill on one platform for use on another platform. This is essentially the reason Windows CE uses the WinAPI.
Now if I could just figure out how to write love letters on toast using STDOUT...
Dancin Santa
Re:Windows CE (Score:1)
HTTP request sent; waiting for response. (Score:1)
MOSIX Clustering (Score:1)
docs and sources (Score:1)
Have fun
HHLinux Blackbox Distro (Score:3)
A Not-So-Wild Thought (Score:2)
After all, if the applications happen to be usable on a small screen, they ought to also be pretty good stuff with bigger screen, mouse, and keyboard.
With the bonus that the fact that desktop/server machines have heftier hardware and I/O devices are good places for people to actually do bits of development...
A fellow Lynx user! (Score:1)
Good for Nintendo! (Score:2)
This is excellent news for Linux, because it will suck young blood into the Linux community. Ask Joe Camel whether cartoon images sell! With the the popular images of characters of Ash Ketcham, Pikachu, Team Rocket, and the assortment of fantastically dimensioned women in Pokelinux, children will learn to use Linux as their first operating system, unshackling them from a lifetime of Windows or Macintosh dependence.
The article doesn't go into too much detail about the distribution, but it is my understanding that there will initially be 150 (or more) different CD's using various revisions of kernels 2.2 and 2.4, plus an additional 100 (or more) for the next devel version of the kernel.
Get 'em hooked while they're young!
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Embedded Linux Journal interview (Score:1)
Re:Windows CE (Score:1)
Pocketlinux docs off the ftp server (Score:4)
[pocketlinux.com]
ftp://ftp.pocketlinux.com/version-1.0/
[pocketlinux.com]
Html Docs
Re:Size issues (Score:2)
I hate it when two companies I despise create a great product..
Re:LOL! +5, Funny (Score:1)
If I was going to reply to one of my own posts, which I don't, I certainly wouldn't use an abbreviation like "LOL", whatever the hell it means...
(and by the way, is "munchface" the best you could think of, or do you just like me?)
Re:pocket Linux (Score:1)
links is better (Score:1)
The big question... (Score:2)
Helio Support? (Score:1)
*sigh* Suppose I need an iPaq anyway.
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Re:PocketLinux still sucks (Score:1)
Re:1.0? Whoa... (Score:1)
This was FUNNY... get a sense of humor (Score:1)
It was FUNNY!
Get a sense of humor, already. Jeez.
These guys ripped off the Pocket Linux name! (Score:1)
Coven's Pocket Linux distro is fantastic! I carry a floppy around with it on it everywhere I go!
Re:pocket Linux (Score:1)
1.0? Whoa... (Score:1)
pocket Linux (Score:1)
Size issues (Score:1)
My karma's bigger than yours!
Whoops... (Score:2)
Heh, and now all we need.. (Score:2)
wifi... yummie.. (Score:1)
Re:MOSIX Clustering (Score:1)
BSP. [bsp-worldwide.org]
How long until (Score:2)