“Independent programmers in the community recently achieved
Palm’s goal of running Linux on Palm devices. Linux is an
alternative interface to Palm and Windows Mobile operating systems,
which allows you to control and navigate basic Palm device
functions. The thrust of their efforts have been with Lifedrive and
TX. But they have had some (limited) success with both the Treo 650
and 680 smartphones as well.“The most recent success has been with ‘Cocoboot’ version 4,
released on 18 July. A Palm bootloader, Cocoboot will start the
boot process, halt Palm (garnet), and start loading Linux from your
SD card…”
Linux Treo Available Now
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