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Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: samxiao on March 11, 2004, 07:34:57 pm: my friend try to showing off.. by telling me how much PPC can do.. where Zaurus only one company stuff and no one has support for it

but i try to read pdb file.. i really can\'t find a a viewer for it

why everyone hates Linux so much
Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: slocaus on March 11, 2004, 07:46:09 pm: QTReader (aka Opie-Reader) http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=59 (http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=59)
I read Palm books with it, though if I have a choice, Plucker formats much nicer.

No linux haters in my house. Don\'t like linux? Outta my house!
Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: samxiao on March 11, 2004, 07:48:14 pm: it\'s hard to convice those guys use linux stuff.. all they say.. Windows has 95% dominance and more software
Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: dtruchan on March 11, 2004, 07:48:50 pm: I use Plucker (http://www.plkr.org/) to create pdb\'s I read with opie-reader (http://www.timwentford.uklinux.net/)
Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: Anonymous on March 11, 2004, 08:03:41 pm: im getting ready to install mandrake 10! i have an old 450mhz from amd ata 100, geforce fx 5200, live 5.1, cd/dvd....56k modem, 512 memory, 21 inch monitor.

Im trying so hard to go towards linux. My second box is almost done.

downloading mandrake 10

then going to remove one of my disks from my 1 terabyte pc which has a couple of disks in it.

as soon as i get that done

install java for konqueror...flash 5, and open office. buy cradle and color for an old canon printer i have. and ill use that pc for broswing and email and printer. then add pictures, and etc.

Cresho

ohhhh

for pdf yeah you can view pdf files!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: Anonymous on March 11, 2004, 08:11:48 pm: 450 MHZ will work, but it is going to be kind of slow for KDE (mandrakes default desktop) and gui applications. Don\'t let that stop you from doing the install though.

That terabyte PC must have a fat processor in it; linux IS a great server OS you know....

soycap
Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: samxiao on March 11, 2004, 08:15:57 pm: i know, but my friends don\'t, including all the Windows-lovers
Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: markw on March 11, 2004, 10:17:01 pm: i like justreader (do a google search) for reading ebooks.
Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: markw on March 11, 2004, 10:18:37 pm: also i would put doom and a few movies to show off to your freinds :wink:
Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: ScottYelich on March 12, 2004, 10:10:09 am: just reader is pretty nice... and it has a few formats to read.
it\'s also available for qtopia *and* x11 roms.

Scott
Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: samxiao on March 12, 2004, 01:04:07 pm: thx for everyone helping me

but i feel proud of my Zaurus
it\'s like the best PDA ever

but it\'s hard to convince those Windows lovers, all my friends said Linux can\'t play games and too hard to use
Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: slocaus on March 12, 2004, 01:18:18 pm: When you get to know the Zaurus well, you will see that it is not really a PDA, but a full pocket computer!

You can watch movies; play music; read books; browse the web; retrieve, read, write, send e-mail; write and compile code; do network analysis, security evaluations, and configuration; keep track of your contacts, schedule, todos; run java applications; write and compile java applications; use it for astronomy; compose documents with full formatting capabilities; maintain complex spreadheets in the field; keep relational databases on CDs, workouts, shoe size conversions; and many more! (anyone else have things that only Zaurus can do?)

I remember one DevNet post that a network admin used his to troubleshoot and fix network problems with a cell phone cable from the golf course so he did not have to go into the office on weekends.
Title: How to read pdb file under Zaurus?
Post by: padishah_emperor on March 12, 2004, 02:51:02 pm: Get OpieReader, it\'s excellent especially when used with the Georgia font, the developer is a nice, helpful guy too.