The Linux-PDA and PDA-Linux Quick Reference Guide
Jan 4, 2001 — by Rick Lehrbaum — from the LinuxDevices Archive — viewsLinuxDevices.com is pleased to announce publication of The Linux-PDA and PDA-Linux Quick Reference Guide. The latest member of the highly popular online Embedded Linux Quick Reference Guide series will provide a continually updated overview of available and developing support for Linux on PDAs. The guide includes information on PDAs that use Linux as their internal operating system, Linux-based operating system packages that support multiple PDAs, plus a list of relevant articles for further reading. Here is an excerpt from the introduction to the new Quick Reference Guide . . .
“In the past several months there have been numerous announcements of new Embedded Linux support for PDAs and other handheld personal computing devices. Additionally, a growing number of PDAs (and similar devices) are known to be in development that will offer Linux as their primary embedded operating system.”
“Given the rapid emergence of Embedded Linux as a major 'third alternative' to Palm OS and Microsoft Windows CE for handheld personal computing devices, LinuxDevices.com has created this [guide], which will provide a continually updated overview of available and developing Linux-based PDA support.”
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