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15 Nov 2007
recent activity (debian porting) makes me feel like there is a lot of
life in this platform. fyi, i am severely disabled. all typing and clicking is painful. in fact, that is why i am going to get a z. your answers will help me to thumb type a little while lying down. a long time ago, before linux, i contributed to unix and multiplatform open source software, but i am not in a position to do so now. therefore, i am just a user, not a developer, but i am comfortable with debian at the shell level. i read faqs but i still have a few questions. please don't feel like you have to answer them all. this is easier for me than multiple posts. 1. is sound the only thing not yet working in debian? (i'm impressed.) 2. i want debian because i run it on my desktop, but a lot of people worked hard on pdax, angstrom, etc., so i'd like to know what i will be missing. 3. do you think that one of the debians will be installable via a single set of instructions (i.e. no searching around for solutions to various issues like backlight, wm, etc.) within a few months? remember, debugging equals typing. 4. by that time, do you think that i might be able to know exactly which wifi cards and sd memory cards to get? i want stable drivers that will still be supported after future debian upgrades (because debugging equals typing and because reselling mistakenly purchased items on ebay is not a simple activity for me). 5. is an sd card necessary? will i need a desktop card reader? 6. does which distro i use matter for choosing wifi and sd cards? my router uses wpa2 personal, i think. i will get a zaurus sl-c3200. and in the future might want a flash hd in place of the 6gb. 7. i assume i want a flush-ish wifi card for ease of thumb typing. and a low power one so no power cord, recharge overnight. and that bluetooth would be slow or kludgey. confirm? 8. which debian is looking most likely to be supported in the future or best for me? please pm me with your opinion if you don't want me to reveal it (assuming anybody knows yet). the reason i ask is that narrowing down the list will reduce typing. 9. anybody know of a thumb typable equivalent to the z now or soon? (i doubt it, to judge by this forum.) a. do you have ideas for how to remote control desktop x applications, such as entering into desktop browser url bar? i can use the desktop's mouse while lying down, but not its kb. if any of these are in the faqs, i hope you will forgive me. i did not find the answers. it took weeks to write this post and months to even start. it is not a matter of being too lazy to look them up. also, it takes me a long time to do things, so if i don't reply immediately, it doesn't mean i don't greatly appreciate your answers. one of you replied to my sig before via pm and it was very helpful. and finally, i don't mean to offend anybody, such as people who like other distros, with this post. i simply cannot afford to do much typing on this forum, as much as i would like to participate. if the z works, then i can participate (only) slightly more. and yes, i believe in giving back. thanks. p.s. most likely uses are: 1. running emacs (which is a very nice operating system ![]() 2. pim, if emacs pims don't suffice 3. reading pdfs, because they are unreadable on the desktop (enlarging them to make them readable makes them too big) (ideally having desktop iceweasel open them on the z) 4. remotely controlling the desktop, such as entering text in the url bar in desktop iceweasel. 5. displaying .pnm scans (feh) |
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