I have a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 I’ve wanted to get running a modern kernel for a while. Ah, I always regretted not getting on the CL’s with this kind of support!
OpenBSD Stories: The closest thing to cute kittens (OpenBSD/zaurus)
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Re: OpenBSD Stories: The closest thing to cute kittens (OpenBSD/zaurus)
#12Interesting ... the author has a whole webpage of these stories about OpenBSD history: http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/index.html
Yep. For a user on many other ports, it was particularly interesting to see stories of the sgi and m88k ports etc. I hope there will be more.
Re: OpenBSD Stories: The closest thing to cute kittens (OpenBSD/zaurus)
#13> But in the early 2000s, smartphones did not exist, Handheld PC would not fit in your pockets unless you were André the Giant, and PDAs were not necessarily usable for that role, either lacking good displays, or good keyboards, or good expansion facilities allowing a GPRS modem to be used, or simply decent battery life.
Forgot about the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Communicator line?
Re: OpenBSD Stories: The closest thing to cute kittens (OpenBSD/zaurus)
#14> Don't be startled by this odd-looking name, it will make sense when you reach the end of the story. > This is the story of OpenBSD on the Sharp Zaurus systems. Because of its length, I have decided to split it in two parts. > OpenBSD/cats: the enabler > OpenBSD/zaurus (to be published 20260513) ...I will be visiting again in 5 days. Then, I will be searching eBay for a Zaurus... http://miod.online.fr/software/openb…
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