[AuckLUG] Linux PDA

[Daniel Pittman]

"Fuad Tabba" <fuad at cs.auckland.ac.nz> writes:

> There has been some talk lately about Linux laptops. Was wondering if
> anyone has had any experiences (good or bad) with Linux PDAs,

Yes -- as a rule they are less good than you would expect, have a very
limited range of software and very little third party support ... and
still suck less than a WinCE device.

If you really want a PDA I wouldn't recommend a Linux based system,
though, unless you are confident that the core software does what you
want or you really fancy developing PDA software in a tiny market.

> subnotebooks, 

Yes -- check the Linux on Laptops pages and Google first, but generally
these work just fine.

> or tablets.

Very little, bit I know that there is almost no pen input support in
stock Linux distributions.  Expect a great deal of hard work to use this
as a tablet.

Regards,
        Daniel
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