Supported architectures for D

Wim Vander Schelden wim.vanderschelden at gmail.com
Thu Aug 17 03:03:48 PDT 2006


Yes but their violating GPL when I last heard anything about it, so I'm 
not sure whether there will be continued support and kernel updates. The 
GP2X is nice though, as a game development platform, but not as 
versatile as the Zauri.

- Wim

John Reimer schreef:
> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:06:17 -0700, Wim Vander Schelden 
> <wim.vanderschelden at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> We're developing our own port at the moment, and then join Hack'n'Dev 
>> and Familiar for packages. Currently Linux boots, but the touch screen 
>> and the keyboard don't work yet. We will get GPE running in all its 
>> glory by the next school year though.
> 
> 
> Ahh, I was wondering because I'd never heard of a linux port for the 
> Tungsten|C before.
> 
> 
>>
>> About the Zaurus: You have _TWO_? I think I speak for several Linux 
>> guru-wannabes here when I say I spend months looking for one, but 
>> never got a decent deal on it, and still regret the day I didn't buy one.
>>
> 
> 
> Yes, two :).  One from an easy ebay deal (the C700) and the other from 
> overseas (C3200).  No decent deal was available on the C3200, of 
> course.  I just grit my teeth and shelled out the money.  I just wanted 
> one that bad :P.
> 
> The C700 series wasn't that hard to find on ebay for a good deal, 
> though.  It's battery life is the most dismal of the 7** and 8** 
> clamshell series, but it's certainly an excellent and inexpensive unit 
> for experimenting on before I touch the likes of the shiny C3200. And I 
> love having a rotatable 640x480 screen. :)
> 
> Another unit that greatly interests me is the GP2X.  That linux-based 
> unit, although it's more media and game console oriented, looks 
> fascinating.  And it's not all that expensive either.
> 
> -JJR



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