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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: xsys on April 14, 2004, 09:50:13 pm

Title: pdaXrom allows full X11 apps?
Post by: xsys on April 14, 2004, 09:50:13 pm

Hi!

I am new to the Zaurus, but I know a little about X11. Can I run some of my X11 (Linux) apps on a Zaurus that has pdaXrom? Apps like Gimp? From what I have read, it seems like I can, but maybe the apps still need to be ported somehow...or can I just use them natively?

Thanks,
JR

Title: pdaXrom allows full X11 apps?
Post by: padishah_emperor on April 14, 2004, 09:56:03 pm

Yes you can run them natively, there is a feed at:

http://www.pdaxrom.org/feed (http://www.pdaxrom.org/feed)

You can run GIMP! And Doom, Abiword, Gnumeric, XMMS etc. etc.

There is also a SDK so you can port any other apps you want by cross compiling the source.

Hope this helps.

Title: pdaXrom allows full X11 apps?
Post by: xsys on April 14, 2004, 10:24:33 pm

But doesn\'t the .ipk extension signify that it has been re-compiled for the pdaxrom platform? I am wondering if I can directly upload a binary I have that runs on Linux and run it in the pdaxrom environment? Or do you just change the extension?

I also thought I read about an emulator for Windows somewhere...maybe I can test, rather than bug you   :wink:

Thanks...

Title: pdaXrom allows full X11 apps?
Post by: padishah_emperor on April 14, 2004, 10:33:45 pm

No, .ipk files mean they are for ipkg, which all the Zaurus ROMs use not just pdaXrom.
No, you cannot use a binary from a PC running Linux if that is what you mean, a program must be compiled for the Xscale/ARM architecture of the Z.
I do not believe there is an emulator.

Title: pdaXrom allows full X11 apps?
Post by: xsys on April 14, 2004, 10:37:59 pm

] No, you cannot use a binary from a PC running Linux if that is what you mean

Yep...that\'s what I meant. Thanks for clearing that up.

JR

Title: pdaXrom allows full X11 apps?
Post by: padishah_emperor on April 14, 2004, 10:59:09 pm

;-)