Linux on Wizard

[marthynovak]

Hi,

I read here http://linwizard.sourceforge.net there is a Linux on HTC Wizard...Does anybody now how to install linux into the Wizard?


thx

[kadooosh]

dont think its been released yet...

[mazterjay]

I hope it release's soon :P I'm gonna like Linux on a wizard :D

[marthynovak]

Me too, I like linux so much on my server.....So come on and release it!

[Anticro]

I'd even like to have Linux on my PocketPC. But I'm not one of those guys who install Linux on a PDA and say when something cracks: "Whoops! Next please!" ;)

Has someone a clou if there some day will/could be a Linux for PPC that is to be booted like with loadlin on win95/98? Or is that impossible due to the kernel technology of WM?

[cr2]

Has someone a clou if there some day will/could be a Linux for PPC that is to be booted like with loadlin on win95/98?

http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HaRET


Or is that impossible due to the kernel technology of WM?

Yes, it is a very advanced brainwashing technology used in WM
when it comes to security :)

[Anticro]

But it reads as it was possible with HaRET. Thanks for the answer, it's very interesting. I hope there will come complete Linux distris using those bootloaders... ...n00b-ready! ;) (no Linux n00b, but PDA-hacking n00b)

[cr2]

But it reads as it was possible with HaRET.

HaRET is the only booting tool used by non-wizards on wince.


I hope there will come complete Linux distris using those bootloaders... ...n00b-ready! ;)

There are many, but not for the omap-based phones.
Check HTC Universal, Blueangel and Magician.
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/SupportedHandheldSummary
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/UniversalStatus

[mestrini]

and developers are not sleeping under the coconut trees ;)

http://purl.rikers.org/%23htc-linux/

[ANTC]

I wonder if dual boot is possilbe

[wizardragon]

For the benefit of anyone wanting to try a nice well supported PC Linux distro try...

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Remember 99.9% of software is free, and this one comes as a live disk - so you can shove it in your optical drive and see how it runs without even having to install it or damage your current O/S.

Or running a few fewer programs but more efficient so can kick an older PC back into something useful try...

http://www.xubuntu.com/

[mazterjay]

Got some reply's :P
1. LINUX DOES NOT CRASH,, when some crashy things happens, linux 'repairs' te program immediately and does not comes with;
'programs hangs, please shutdown' warning :mad: .

2. DUAL BOOT ?? :S How do you wanna do that with so less memory..?
Dual Boot, please not, and hell no with WM6, or Linux ( :D ), or WM (:mad: ).

I hope it release's soon :P

[mazterjay]

I mean LINUX, is nice.. And ubuntu is the most user friendly @the moment. But if you want more, you'd better go for Fedora Core 7. iTs also free.
I use my Ubuntu, for fun and server. I run FTP server. Wich i never use :P.
But, i like the environment, and i have Beryl on it. Works fine on my Pentium 4 PC.. Custom build..

[Anticro]

Hey, the thread is Linux on PDA and not Linux on PCs.

By the way: Have you guys ever heard of SuSE? What is better than SuSE Linux? Only MacOS X! :p

[mazterjay]

Hi, i am pleased to tell that LinWizard is done..
All for a long time :P If u'll check linwizard.sourgeforce.net, you'll see some message's.. The last message was in October 2006. There is a link to another page, wich is http://sourceforge.net/projects/linwizard.

Succes with the Flashing, i havn't tried it jet..

[Anticro]

I have only looked for some Tcl-packages, but guess what I have found on the evolane-website?! A Linux Bootloader for iPAQ. It reads like it works in a similar way as loadlin does.
http://www.evolane.com/software/iboce/index.html

[nothin]

Hi, i am pleased to tell that LinWizard is done..
All for a long time :P If u'll check linwizard.sourgeforce.net, you'll see some message's.. The last message was in October 2006. There is a link to another page, wich is http://sourceforge.net/projects/linwizard.

Succes with the Flashing, i havn't tried it jet..

meheheh so if it is done(in 2006) why theres nO BIG BOOOM till now?

[neonkoala]

It's not finished - barely anything works.

[docnas]

Hey has anyone noticed the work going on in the linwizard project? If not then you should be happy to know that development has been going on at an accelerated pace last i checked they got the touch screen working and according to the status updates it seems they have the drivers for infrared bluetooth and i think for wifi & audio also


http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/Status

Check it out soon it seems we will finally get our long awaited chance for running linux on our wizards!

Cheers to the developers who will make it happen.

[blazoner]

The simple answer is Android. From what I've read, it is a shell OS sitting on a Linux base. Because of this, the underlying drivers will have to be Linux-based.
I understand that Android will be using an Apache license so that they don't have to publish or provide drivers back to the Linux community, but when said drivers are written, there'll be no stopping some enterprising individual or group from reverse engineering, and making public OSS and drivers for these devices.

Much has been made of HTC's abysmal lack of hardware drivers in their newer phones/PDA's. Their motivation for this is simple:
They are looking to bust out as a HUGE player in the new Android devices, and don't want to lay the foundation for MS to still be a player in that race, so they are "Dumbing down" what they have now in order to exaggerate the positives of Android over Window Mobile.

As usual, we bear the brunt of their schemes.

p.s. I'm not anti-corporation, anti-business, or anti-capitalist. But, just like you, I get frustrated by people who forget that customers are not just inconveniences, but instead are the very foundation upon which EVERY business is built. They forget this at their own peril.