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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: theb on January 26, 2004, 05:47:48 pm

Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: theb on January 26, 2004, 05:47:48 pm: Just wanted to see what everybody is using, add comments if you want.
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: DrWowe on January 26, 2004, 05:55:51 pm: Sharp, mainly because I\'ve had it for less than a week. When I get some free time, I\'m going to mess around with OZ.
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: Tehas on January 26, 2004, 09:16:24 pm: Sharp\'s 1.32 but the Special kernel with Pre-emptive and overclocking.
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: prun769 on January 26, 2004, 10:59:57 pm: Tehas,

How long have you been using the \"special\" kernel, and have you had any problems with it (i.e., lockups)?
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: ced on January 27, 2004, 03:29:45 am: never have any issue with the \"special kernel\", rock solid! :-)
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: zmike on January 28, 2004, 12:55:43 pm: I have a SLC860 and almost immediately put the cacko Qtopia ROM onto it. It works wonderfully. I have 2 other Linux machines at home and an IMac, but my synch has to be with Exchange at work. More than anything, this keeps me from the X11 ROM.

The only unfortunate side is that I believe the cacko Qtopia ROM is \"functionally stabilized\" - no active development since that team is moving onto the X11 version full force.

I read some posts with the TKC ROM requiring tweaks to program ipks so haven\'t tried that one plus not having a kernel in it, it is confusing as to which kernels work well or not at all with the TKC ROM.
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: Anonymous on January 28, 2004, 01:51:46 pm: I used the cacko qtopia 117 rom and then went to the tkcrom keeping the cacko kernel (might not be much different than the stock). I have had no problems with this setup

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I read some posts with the TKC ROM requiring tweaks to program ipks so haven\'t tried that one plus not having a kernel in it, it is confusing as to which kernels work well or not at all with the TKC ROM.
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: rrashkin on January 28, 2004, 02:02:49 pm: I use the Sharp 3.1. I\'m actually quite interested in going to OZ but I\'m afraid my keyboard (Flexis - USB connected) won\'t work. I really like that keyboard!
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: nitup on January 28, 2004, 10:28:00 pm: I\'ve been using Sharp 3.1, have everything config\'d the way I need it. OZ is would be fun to have on there, but I need an organizer more than a pocket computer. Guess the solution is a 2nd zaurus
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: ScottYelich on January 29, 2004, 10:05:51 am: I use:

5600 = oz (looking to get those security packages going, plus 5600 makes a good test)

c700 = cacko x11

c760 = cacko x11

although I may go to cacko qt (118) on the 700... for now, it\'s x11.

Scott
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: amdonati on January 29, 2004, 10:17:41 am: I use the TKC Rom1 on my 5500.

While waiting for the \"fabled\" TKC Rom 2 for the 5500

Or for IRK and bluez drivers for the GCC 3.2 OZ!
Adalberto
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: derekp on January 29, 2004, 10:44:10 am: I\'m using a sightly modified TKC Rom1 image. It\'s got the version of /root/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit script that I sent to Proto for the tkc rom 2 alpha3 build, which allows including an additional rc script from the SD card on bootup. This in turn allows the creation of home-on-sd, which is reversable (boot without the SD card, an your home is in ram, with the specially prepared SD, you get home on SD).

This has also allowed me to put the OZ contents on an SD card, and with a bit more tweaking, I can mount the SD as root and dual-boot between the TKC rom and OZ.
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: nakarti on January 29, 2004, 12:23:56 pm: I would still be on the Sharp 3.1, or might have kept tkcROM 1.0, but OZ 3.3.6pre1 is so pretty.
And far more importantly, it successfully runs my TrendNet TEW222CF wireless card. I also appreciate the graphical WLAN sniffing applet
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: fu-ga-zi on January 30, 2004, 10:55:57 am: I\'m quite surprised that at this time of the vote (41) only 9 % use Cacko\'s ROMs each. I would have expected a higher percentage. I\'m currently customizing the Cacko X11 ROM to my needs, having had all available ROMS on my Z. If I would go back from the X11 ROM I would mix Cacko\'s and the TKC ROM, I guess.

Peter
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: Anonymous on January 30, 2004, 11:03:40 am: Well the X11 ROM is not officially released and does not have PIMs yet. The cacko QT ROM is the last in its line. Both are limited to the C series Zs.

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I\'m quite surprised that at this time of the vote (41) only 9 % use Cacko\'s ROMs each. I would have expected a higher percentage. I\'m currently customizing the Cacko X11 ROM to my needs, having had all available ROMS on my Z. If I would go back from the X11 ROM I would mix Cacko\'s and the TKC ROM, I guess.

Peter
Title: What ROMS are you using?
Post by: fu-ga-zi on January 30, 2004, 02:49:29 pm: I wouldn\'t want to call the apps Sharp delivers as \"PIM\", IMHO they are hardly useable at all.

I want to use the Z as Linux box on the road, I currently use itto learn MySQL, which works quite well.

Truly, there are points that need to be improved with this ROM, just to name the date/time feature.

And also true, they are limited to the C series. I find it unfortunate that both, the low res Z\'s and the VGA Z\'s have the same name. It is often hard to find Z GUI apps, that can be used with the C series.

Regards

Peter