Linux on Shift

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Hlo from germany!
Think it's my first post here, but still visiting this site since my first HTC Universal.
My Shift didn't arrive yet

So there's a thread about XP on Shift. How do you get managed to install XP on the device?
Is booting via USB-CDRom possible or is there another way like Sharing a CD-Drive via network as MacBookAir uses or creating a bootable USB-Stick?

Anyone tried to run/install Ubuntu or smth. similar?

thx in advance!
TeCE

ubuntu 8.04 runs out of the box without much issues, you can even install it from vista itself using wubi-installer: http://wubi-installer.org/
-not working:
* resume after suspend
* touch screen (you have to use mouse)
-needs some tweaking:
* for 3g you need to install synce and use the usbtool to establish an activesync connection with snapvue through usb
* for wifi you need to manually compile the marvell 8686 drivers
- the rest works perfect (mouse, keyboard, bluetooth, screen backlight, sound, etc...)

I have also run slax from a pendrive, same issues as in ubuntu

That's great, i really want to do this. I want to try running Skype for Linux (which now does video) instead of the windows version. I'm pretty sure that the Linux version of Skype will be a little less processory hungry and work better.

How do you manually compile te drivers for wifi?

Any thoughts on enabling the touchscreen?

Ubuntu will bring out a version for umpc's:

Link: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/mobile

Originally Posted by salmon

That's great, i really want to do this. I want to try running Skype for Linux (which now does video) instead of the windows version. I'm pretty sure that the Linux version of Skype will be a little less processory hungry and work better.

How do you manually compile te drivers for wifi?

Any thoughts on enabling the touchscreen?

let me laugh .. ubuntu less processory hungy ? .. linux is not good with this ..

Originally Posted by pof

- the rest works perfect (mouse, keyboard, bluetooth, screen backlight, sound, etc...)

pof, can you post the dmesg output ? Is it known which hardware is used inside the device ?

thanks !!!

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Originally Posted by pof

ubuntu 8.04 runs out of the box without much issues, you can even install it from vista itself using wubi-installer: http://wubi-installer.org/
-not working:
* resume after suspend
* touch screen (you have to use mouse)
-needs some tweaking:
* for 3g you need to install synce and use the usbtool to establish an activesync connection with snapvue through usb
* for wifi you need to manually compile the marvell 8686 drivers
- the rest works perfect (mouse, keyboard, bluetooth, screen backlight, sound, etc...)

I have also run slax from a pendrive, same issues as in ubuntu

Thank you so much; this is really great news! Reading about Google Android project I was dreaming about running linux on this machine but i didn`t hope it could be done so quickly...now i am working on kubuntu and i think it is going pretty well...I think Vista would make sense if one could have more powerful CPU and more RAM but of course with SP1 especially if you disable some power-hungry visual effects it is usable, nevertheless it is good to have an alternative OS...

Originally Posted by pof

ubuntu 8.04 runs out of the box without much issues, you can even install it from vista itself using wubi-installer: http://wubi-installer.org/
-not working:
* resume after suspend
* touch screen (you have to use mouse)
-needs some tweaking:
* for 3g you need to install synce and use the usbtool to establish an activesync connection with snapvue through usb
* for wifi you need to manually compile the marvell 8686 drivers
- the rest works perfect (mouse, keyboard, bluetooth, screen backlight, sound, etc...)

I have also run slax from a pendrive, same issues as in ubuntu

Hi How are yo finding Ubuntu on the shift so far in terms of:

-Battery life compared to similar tasks in vista with the shift?
-Boot up time vs vista?
-Speed of response versus vista?

I'm not really bothered about use of linux on this device unless it has some real advantages or some must have application that xp of vista don't. I certainly see the advantage of windows mobile as there are some real advantages in battery power extra functionality for example with ubook reader for windows mobile the shift could be an excellent ebook readr.

I can't wait until I can put some money aside for one.

Originally Posted by cr2

pof, can you post the dmesg output ? Is it known which hardware is used inside the device ?

hi cr2 find attached dmesg, lspci & lsusb output. There are inside photos from the FCC, but it is much like a normal PC connected to a MSM7200 trough internal usb port, sharing screen and keyboard in a single box

Originally Posted by lovespuds

Hi How are yo finding Ubuntu on the shift so far in terms of:

-Battery life compared to similar tasks in vista with the shift?
-Boot up time vs vista?
-Speed of response versus vista?

- battery life in linux is similar to vista, probably a bit less.
-boot up is faster in linux compared to windows boot up, but slower if you just suspend vista. You can't suspend the shift under linux yet.
-linux as always is more responsive than vista, you can even enable all the eye-candy stuff (3d effects and such) and it is still faster than vista in that way.

Originally Posted by pof

hi cr2 find attached dmesg, lspci & lsusb output.

Ok There is something wrong with the SDHCI driver, but i think it's easy to fix.
Dumping the amibios should be easy too.