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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Newbie Question Concerning Oz
« on: May 26, 2005, 05:48:14 am »
Hi
I am not a newbie to Linux but I am to the zaurus - haven't even bought one yet in fact but am saving like mad. I like the idea of OpenZaurus but no matter how much surfing around I do I can't seem to find the answers to the following questions - please accept my apologies if I have missed something obvious.
What packages will I have installed my default when I first install OZ?
Is there a respository of OZ packages that I can later install? I did find something that looked promising but it only had kernel stuff and so on.
If I can't find an OZ package for a piece of software that I want to use then is it straighforward to compile it? What compatibility issues are there? Is it a matter of just having to cross-compile or will the code need to be ported in most cases?
Thanks in adance for any help
Mike
I am not a newbie to Linux but I am to the zaurus - haven't even bought one yet in fact but am saving like mad. I like the idea of OpenZaurus but no matter how much surfing around I do I can't seem to find the answers to the following questions - please accept my apologies if I have missed something obvious.
What packages will I have installed my default when I first install OZ?
Is there a respository of OZ packages that I can later install? I did find something that looked promising but it only had kernel stuff and so on.
If I can't find an OZ package for a piece of software that I want to use then is it straighforward to compile it? What compatibility issues are there? Is it a matter of just having to cross-compile or will the code need to be ported in most cases?
Thanks in adance for any help
Mike