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Title: Familiar thread
Post by: TuxInvader on April 07, 2004, 03:02:30 pm

Hi all,

I\'m purchasing a SL-C860 ROM any day now, so I\'m a complete newbie with Linux/ARM PDA devices. Has anyone here tried using familiar on a Zaurus? It being based on Debian and aparently having access to all Debians ARM packages sounds very appealing.

Signed,
A very excited penguin

Title: Familiar thread
Post by: Mickeyl on April 07, 2004, 05:53:52 pm

OpenZaurus is also \'based\' on debian. familiar linux is not available for the Zaurus, however if all goes well, familiar and OpenZaurus will be built out of the same build system pretty soon.

Title: Familiar thread
Post by: treke on April 07, 2004, 06:17:53 pm

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Hi all,

I\'m purchasing a SL-C860 ROM any day now, so I\'m a complete newbie with Linux/ARM PDA devices. Has anyone here tried using familiar on a Zaurus? It being based on Debian and aparently having access to all Debians ARM packages sounds very appealing.

Signed,
A very excited penguin

Familiar isnt all that different from OpenZaurus beyond some basic configurations.

Title: Familiar thread
Post by: ScottYelich on April 08, 2004, 03:35:12 pm

so, I assume.. that OZ (on the 5600, etc) will/would be able to install ipks made for familiar?!

Scott

Title: Familiar thread
Post by: treke on April 08, 2004, 03:51:59 pm

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so, I assume.. that OZ (on the 5600, etc) will/would be able to install ipks made for familiar?!

Scott

It already can.

Title: Familiar thread
Post by: ScottYelich on April 09, 2004, 02:29:12 pm

3.3.6-pre1 does?!

er, has this capability?  hmmm....

Scott

Title: Familiar thread
Post by: treke on April 09, 2004, 04:45:23 pm

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3.3.6-pre1 does?!

er, has this capability?  hmmm.... 

Scott

Yes, 3.2 probably did also.