[nylug-talk] Linux handhelds

[Ajai Khattri]

Fred Cocozzelli wrote:
> My first inclination is the new Nokia 770. But I've recently seen an old
> HP Jornada 720 available for a great price. I've found a couple of
> projects to get the Jornada running linux, but it seems a bit daunting.
> (I'm not a programmer.) Is the Jornada a viable option? Is it reasonable
> to get it running linux? Can I get Openoffice (Lite or otherwise)
> running on the thing? I have a spare Orinoco Gold wireless card, will
> that work with the Jornada?

Most probably the Lucent card will work with Linux on a Jornada but I 
would forget about running OpenOffice on top of X on it :-)

But I think you will be better off with the Nokia - the recent update 
added VOIP functionality too.



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