Running Linux on an iPAQ

By Martyn Honeyford
2005-04-13


Resources
• The Linux distribution Martyn used for this article is Familiar and is distributed by handhelds.org .

• The PPPHowto on handhelds.org provides instructions for setting up a PPP connection.

• Pre-made cross compilers are also available from handhelds.org.

• For those wanting to build their own cross-compiling gcc, crosstool is available from Dan Kegel's Building and testing gcc/glibc cross toolchains site.

• ipaqLinux.com is dedicated to all things regarding running Linux on the iPAQ.

• For a look at running Web services on PDAs, read Cross-platform programming with Java technology and the IBM Web Services Toolkit for Mobile Devices (developerWorks, February 2003).

• Open source wireless tools emerge (developerWorks, August 2003) gives an overview of, and outlook for, open source software on handhelds.

• Running on Linux on an iPAQ, the Distributed Wireless Security Auditor is a mobile tool developed by IBM Research for performing wireless security assessments.

• Previously on developerWorks, Martyn wrote Boot Linux from a FireWire device (developerWorks, July 2004), Connecting KDE applications using DCOP (developerWorks, February 2004), Postmortem memory profiling with PERL (developerWorks, December 2003), and the Significant trace series of articles (developerWorks, April 2003).

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Tutorial Pages:
» Put a Penguin in Your Pocket
» Why Run Linux Instead of Pocket PC?
» Choose Your Hardware
» Download the Distribution
» Install Linux
» Get Connected
» Develop for it
» Reinstalling PocketPC
» Conclusion
» Resources


First published by IBM DeveloperWorks

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