Thinking of switching

[asfrank16]

I am thinking of seitching to the pdaxrom, but before I try it out, I wanted to know how complete it is compared to cacko rom (I am using a C700).  Does it have the fix for the pxa250 to make sure it runs ok?  I guess I want to know if someone who is not a real programmer/developer can use the rom without to much trouble.   Thanks.

[ikm]

I am thinking of seitching to the pdaxrom, but before I try it out, I wanted to know how complete it is compared to cacko rom (I am using a C700).  Does it have the fix for the pxa250 to make sure it runs ok?  I guess I want to know if someone who is not a real programmer/developer can use the rom without to much trouble.   Thanks.

Well, as of functionality, it is a bit hard to compare. I guess that some things are missing, some are not like on qtopia roms, and finally, many of them are much better. What apps do you use on your cacko rom, what do you need from your Z?

Maybe it is just a bit more simple to do a full backup of your current NAND contents, and then just try pdaxrom. Bear in mind that pdaxrom is in development, so nobody guarantees everything working out of the box. Also, it is solely your resonsibility not to brick your precious Zaurus. If you do reflashing, take some caution, read the docs, it never hurts.

On the usability for the non-technical people: I guess that pdaxrom might actually requre some basic unix skills should you need customizing something or polishing the edges that seem rough to you. Should you succeed, it pays off. Well, I don\'t know whether you\'ll have to delve in it or not, depends on your requirements

[whit]

What\'s the pxa250?

Wouldn\'t say you need to be a real programmer/developer, but being comfortable with sysadmin stuff will help you polish it towards your own ideal. Since most *nix runs X, there are lots of options and a lot of good clues spread about on how to use them. But if you just hate sysadmin puzzles, it\'s not as cute out-of-the-box. But it\'s well-suited to load some mainstream applications on, so it\'s more a real computer, less a pda than what Sharp gives us. But I haven\'t tried cacko.

[asfrank16]

Well the big uses for me are PIm functionality (which I use KO/Pi, and I know this runs on it), and some light word processing and note taking, picture viewing, mp3 playing.

I do some other things, but those are the main ones.  I dont mind having to play around to get stuff working (already have to do that), although I would like things to work.

I think I may just try it out and see for myself.

Thanks

[ThC]

If you except to take notes on-the-fly, then forget pdaXrom as it still does not have any handwriting app, so you\'ll have to use the keyboard which is not very usable while walking for example ... for anything else pdaXrom is quite good as you can do virtually anything on it once you\'ve found an opensource program to do that