Linux Journal: PDA Freedom with OpenZaurus | Linux Today

Linux Journal: PDA Freedom with OpenZaurus

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 29, 2004

“Despite Sharp’s cancellation of its Zaurus SL-6000 PDA in the
US, the Sharp Zaurus continues to have a strong following among
Linux gurus in the US and all over the world. No one proves this
point better than the people behind the OpenZaurus project. The
OpenZaurus Project provides an alternative to the original Sharp
Zaurus ROM for different models of the Sharp Zaurus Personal Mobile
Tool.

“One might think, why would I want to replace my current Sharp
Linux distribution? Although I must admit Sharp’s embedded Linux
distribution is pretty impressive, some points could be improved.
Some of these points include SD card compatability and missing
utilities, such as SSH…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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