PdaXrom

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Important note

The goal of a wiki is to be a knowledge repository, if you don't find you answer or want to report a bug please consider first the pdaxrom forum or the pdaxrom buglist. If you get a useful answer or found a workaround to you problem you are more than welcome to contribute to this wiki.

Pdaxrom

Note that although pdaXrom is quite a bit different from the Sharp or OpenZaurus rom, it still runs Linux and is still a Zaurus, so a lot of info about other roms still apply. Don't be afraid to search the other parts of the wiki for additional help.

pdaxrom (formerly known as x11rom) is a X11 based rom for cxx0-zaurii. There is a wide range of software available (e.g. abiword, gnumeric, mplayer), as well as native and cross compiler sdk.

Take a look at the offical screenshot section or directly download the software.

Pdaxrom is very flexible, you can choose among different window managers (e. g. matchbox, fvwm, fluxbox, fvwm and fluxbox on zaurus, ROX) and have full support of qt3, gtk in your applications.

Releases

The current "official" release is 1.0.5.

The current "development" release is Kathrin 1.1.0beta2 for C1000 and 3000 models.

The current "development release for the 6000 is 1.1.0beta1.

The recommended version is RC10 <This needs to be validated. Is RC10 still the best option? Can someone comment?> because:

• The stable release is not more stable than the developement version, RC releases fixes a lot of bugs.
• Most pdaxrom users have RC installed so you will more likely to find help, new software for this release.

Important Note starting from RC5 the pdaxrom team has changed the way floating point emulation is done, as a result software using intensively floating points number should run much faster, as a drawback software built for releases before RC5 might not work in the stable release and vice versa. So if you want to use an application that has been built only for 1.0.5 you should install this release. (or recompile...)

Starting from RC10, Akita (C1000) is now supported.

What Next

Installing pdaXrom -- step-by-step instructions for installing pdaXrom 1.1.0beta1

PdaXrom: Quickkeys -- useful key combinations to know

Pdaxrom: Installing Packages

Pdaxrom Environment -- What pdaxrom is made of.

Pdaxrom: Development -- Some words about compiling applications

Pdaxrom: Feeds -- Where to find software built for pdaxrom.org

PdaXrom: pdaXrom-builder -- How to build the distribution yourself

Wlan

Links

PdaXrom: Links -- Links to webpage with pdaxrom information

TODO

Update the information, add your tips, enhance the navigation

Various threads on the forums containing some interesting

• Chrooted Debian and here

• Distcc compilation:
• Visual builder (make your own rom without compilation

• Xfce finetuninginformation that could be added here:

See Also

The Wiki Quickstart Guide -- help make this a more useful resource