[lug] PalmSource migrates to Linux - NOW :)

Michael Hirsch mdhirsch at gmail.com
Tue Feb 14 16:52:37 MST 2006


On 2/14/06, Ferdinand Schmid <fschmid at archenergy.com> wrote:
>
> HI,
>
> I had a feeling that the Palm OS was dying after the hardware branch of
> Palm
> released their latest smart phone with Windows Mobile.  Their switch to
> Linux, however, is an interesting twist.  They are talking about running a
> standard kernel and offering multi-tasking.  These features mean super
> easy
> software development for this platform (relatively speaking) and full
> support
> for all common network technologies out there.  PalmOS had trouble with
> 802.11b (aka WiFi).


I would love to see Palm be able to run on top of  a statndard Linux
handheld release. If I could get a Palm interface on my Zaurus I might
actually use it.  I find the palm interface so much better than qtopia,
which is more like winCE.  It qtopia and windows feel like a destop
windowing system shoehorned in to a handheld.  Palm feels like it was
designed from the ground up for a handheld.

Maybe it'll actually happen.

Michael
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