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Another new Zaurus owner in Boston.
Introduction. Delivery was delayed by the DNC. I'm new to PDAs but hardly new to Unix. (I used PWB and BSD3 ... and remember when SCO was a good company! Way back.) It's been years since I've been root@anywhere, until the SL6000 came along I was happy with that. (My Knoppix CD hasn't even been spun up; someday when I run out of projecgts.) Since I'm a old unix hack, the Advanced File Manager and Terminal were early installs. Will eventually need to install much more of the Gnu commandset, how can I live without DIFF(1) or Perl. Sad to say, I've forgotten so much forth I had to resort to the manual to write Hello World.
1st Project. Since I live and work on the subway, one of my first downloads was U-Bahn Navigator, but there wasn't a Boston map yet. So I'm working on it. (With Greenline changes and Silverline, it will be a work in progress for a while!)
Now to get Perl working ... ipkg choked, I didn't read the detailed instructions first. Ahh well.
I'd like to meet up with a few other Zaurus folks (do we call us Zaurans?) to try the I/R feature!
Newbie questions on WiFi . I've heard Newbury Street has lots of free WiFi. Any others? Useful lists on-line? (I've seen several but not sure which is useful.) What payWiFi+other-service combo plan is optimal here, T-Mobile, Verizon, ?? I've got a line on one I'll check out and report back.
Meetings Poll: So ... would folks prefer to meet at a restaurant, a food court, a bar, a public park, or a meeting room / class room? How many require free/cheap parking vs easy subway access?
Bill
Introduction. Delivery was delayed by the DNC. I'm new to PDAs but hardly new to Unix. (I used PWB and BSD3 ... and remember when SCO was a good company! Way back.) It's been years since I've been root@anywhere, until the SL6000 came along I was happy with that. (My Knoppix CD hasn't even been spun up; someday when I run out of projecgts.) Since I'm a old unix hack, the Advanced File Manager and Terminal were early installs. Will eventually need to install much more of the Gnu commandset, how can I live without DIFF(1) or Perl. Sad to say, I've forgotten so much forth I had to resort to the manual to write Hello World.
1st Project. Since I live and work on the subway, one of my first downloads was U-Bahn Navigator, but there wasn't a Boston map yet. So I'm working on it. (With Greenline changes and Silverline, it will be a work in progress for a while!)
Now to get Perl working ... ipkg choked, I didn't read the detailed instructions first. Ahh well.
I'd like to meet up with a few other Zaurus folks (do we call us Zaurans?) to try the I/R feature!
Newbie questions on WiFi . I've heard Newbury Street has lots of free WiFi. Any others? Useful lists on-line? (I've seen several but not sure which is useful.) What payWiFi+other-service combo plan is optimal here, T-Mobile, Verizon, ?? I've got a line on one I'll check out and report back.
Meetings Poll: So ... would folks prefer to meet at a restaurant, a food court, a bar, a public park, or a meeting room / class room? How many require free/cheap parking vs easy subway access?
Bill