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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: mjh on March 28, 2004, 03:45:16 pm

Title: Package compatibility?
Post by: mjh on March 28, 2004, 03:45:16 pm

Is there a general rule of thumb for compatible packages that I can install on OZ 3.3.5?  I\'ve configured /etc/ipkg.conf with:

src testing http://openzaurus.org/official/3.3.5/collie/ipks/ (http://openzaurus.org/official/3.3.5/collie/ipks/)

And there are some really good packages available.  But I look at the Zaurus Software Index and I\'d like to try some of those packages.  For example:

http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=179 (http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=179)
http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=141 (http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=141)

But both of these look like Qtopia apps.  I\'ve even tried to download and run qpsword under OZ.  I can load the reader, but I can\'t load any of the texts for the reader.

I have a bunch of questions.  Is there a primer that I should be looking at to get general answers to these questions?  I\'ve looked for one but couldn\'t find it.  Here are the questions that I have: is there a general rule of thumb for package compatibility?  Which ROM has the most compatible apps?  I have a 5500.   AFAIK, I have three options for ROMS: Sharp, tkcRom and OpenZaurus.  It looks like OZ is the one under most active development.  Are there other ipk feeds that I can use other than just the official OZ feeds?