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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxrom For Me?

« on: October 21, 2008, 08:42:40 am »

I bought a Z cl3100 about a year ago in place of a laptop mostly for it's pda and web browser functions.  It works well for theses (though I wish the browser(s) was full function)  but these alone do not justify the price.  I paid the extra because I was impressed by the numerous applications it could have because of brilliant people like you guys in the open source community.  I have been running the original cacko ROM which has little support these days and doesn't offer the power apps of the Z's potential.  

Unfortunately I know nothing about Linux and although willing to learn it's unlikely i can as I'm in my second year of business school and haven't much time.  I've seen that pdaxrom has some great stuff but is it "user friendly" enough for a guy like me?  Is there still enough support out there to warrant what could be a risky change of OS?  Should I stick with the cacko apps currently giving me sufficient PIM but less adequate browsing and multimedia?  Should I just buy a laptop and shelf the Z til graduation?

Thank you for any advice you can give me and thanks on behalf of all other Z users for still being here!

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General Discussion / Total Newbie + Sl-3200

« on: October 12, 2007, 05:40:57 pm »

I got the card working on my home network and am useing the Z on ths post.  I did so only by altering settings until it functioned which is not to my likeing.  I'd perfer to know how and why things work. Haveing the opera browser working is nice. I only hope it will abroad as well as at home. It's functionality is a bit limited as far as video goes. I've discovered web downloads dont work the same as for explore, at least not on here.  I found Plugger wich says it will run just about any vid formats on Linux/Opera.  Just have tofigure out how to get it now.  I'll do some looking around now that I can.  For now I am incredibly happy just to have recived your well meaning response! When you can spare the trouble thank you again for the help.

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General Discussion / Total Newbie + Sl-3200

« on: October 12, 2007, 03:39:01 pm »

I'm in the same boat as Mycroft.  I just got my Z SL-c3100 from ebay and am a bit confused.  I had found Meanies site before but it is of little help as it seems to be writtin for Linux vets.  I have always been interested in unix and hobbyist programing but thus far can be counted among windows users.  I had hoped the Z would make a good spring board.  I can only understand a small amount of Meanies pdf (which would be helpful to veiw on the Z but so far I cannot though I read Opera should be able to).  

Also I received it from a previous owner and may want to start over for better control.  It is now running Cacko 1.23 with Linux Kernel (whatever a Kernel is) 2.4.20 that seems to be compiled by a maslovsky@linux.  The Cacko QT interface seems straightforward enough but again Meanies zbook3k uses screenshots from his own system wich may paralell the Cacko but make tranlation difficult as he doens't always name the application and icons won't match.

Basicaly I want to use the pim functions as well as office compatable software with some mobile web browsing.  Games and multimedia would be nice as well.  I really want to learn more about programming, wich seems inevitable with the Z, but as of now I am quite the dumb noob.  If I could get the Symbol wifi card working I might be able to get more guides/faq's on the go but til them I'm limited to researching help after work/school.  

If I"m not beyond help I would appriciate a point in the right direction.  A Linux book for dummies perhaps?

Thank you for whatever assistance you may offer.