And Don’t Buy a HP Jornada 680e
The Ultimate Dream, being able to surf the web from the bed/toilet/couch. It’s a dream that I’m sure everyone shares.
I bought the HP 680e in an attempt to fufill said dream on the cheap. I got it off eBay for $50. That’s including a wireless card!
I was excited to install Linux on it, but the Linux distribution, JLime, has broken wireless support. Thus I was boned.
Not giving up and not settling for crappy Windows, I installed NetBSD through much pain and suffering. It was a glorious moment when I got wireless working.
With that out of the way, the next challenge was getting X to work. After getting some help, I got X working.
But you cant really expect someone to use TWM (the default window manager). So I’ve been trying to compile IceWM for the past 3 days and it’s been brutal. If it’s not kernel panics, it’s been the wireless card dropping the connection. It’s amazing how slow the 680e is. It may take weeks, possibly months, maybe years? But I’m so close to realizing the dream.
If only JLime wireless was working, I’d probably be typing this from bed.
So, my suggestion, pass on the 680e for now.
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I’d swap you the 1750, but it has wifi working and sound