zcacogp
January 4th, 2010, 05:27 PM
Chaps,
I'm pretty new to the whole Ubuntu/Linux thing, but am enjoying it thus far. I've had an idea which is a bit more adventurous, but am aware that it is quite possibly way beyond the limits of my abilities ...
I have a pocket PDA thing. It's a Fujitsu Siemens N100 Loox. Like this:
http://www.ukgamer.com/articles/344/1/Fujitsu_Siemens_Pocket_Loox_N100_PN.html
Specs are as follows:
Processor SamsungŪ 300Mhz
Memory RAM 64 MB
GPS Full integrated SiRFstarIII chip
Display 2.8-inch QVGA 240 x 320 colour
It's about the size of a pack of cards, and has an SD card slot and nothing else. Everything is done via the touch-screen, and an on-off button and switch on the side. Oh, and a reset button on the back.
I've jailbroken it, and can access Windows CE and run the Navigon software it came with (it's used primarily as a Sat Nav device.) BUT there are a couple of irritations with it:
1. There is no PIM software on it and I have yet to find any for WinCE, so I can't run a diary on it. (Bear in mind it doesn't have pocket outlook on it.)
2. The Sat Nav maps are out of date and Navigon charge a LOAD of money for up to date ones.
So, my question ... is it possible to run a slimmed-down version of Linux (Ubuntu or Kubuntu or something else) on this computer? And, if so, would it be possible to run a Sat Nav application on it, effectively giving me a Linux-based portable Sat Nav machine? (In much the same way as I currently have a Windows-based portable Sat Nav machine.)
I am not a coder, and am pretty new to this Linux game, so any solution would ideally be either easy or down a well-trodden path. However, if there was a possiblity out there for such a thing then I'd be very interested to hear ...
Thanks in advance for any help, or comments, observations or anything else. *
Oli.
* - "Help, comments and observations" includes everything. Including "You must be mad to even think about that" ...
I'm pretty new to the whole Ubuntu/Linux thing, but am enjoying it thus far. I've had an idea which is a bit more adventurous, but am aware that it is quite possibly way beyond the limits of my abilities ...
I have a pocket PDA thing. It's a Fujitsu Siemens N100 Loox. Like this:
http://www.ukgamer.com/articles/344/1/Fujitsu_Siemens_Pocket_Loox_N100_PN.html
Specs are as follows:
Processor SamsungŪ 300Mhz
Memory RAM 64 MB
GPS Full integrated SiRFstarIII chip
Display 2.8-inch QVGA 240 x 320 colour
It's about the size of a pack of cards, and has an SD card slot and nothing else. Everything is done via the touch-screen, and an on-off button and switch on the side. Oh, and a reset button on the back.
I've jailbroken it, and can access Windows CE and run the Navigon software it came with (it's used primarily as a Sat Nav device.) BUT there are a couple of irritations with it:
1. There is no PIM software on it and I have yet to find any for WinCE, so I can't run a diary on it. (Bear in mind it doesn't have pocket outlook on it.)
2. The Sat Nav maps are out of date and Navigon charge a LOAD of money for up to date ones.
So, my question ... is it possible to run a slimmed-down version of Linux (Ubuntu or Kubuntu or something else) on this computer? And, if so, would it be possible to run a Sat Nav application on it, effectively giving me a Linux-based portable Sat Nav machine? (In much the same way as I currently have a Windows-based portable Sat Nav machine.)
I am not a coder, and am pretty new to this Linux game, so any solution would ideally be either easy or down a well-trodden path. However, if there was a possiblity out there for such a thing then I'd be very interested to hear ...
Thanks in advance for any help, or comments, observations or anything else. *
Oli.
* - "Help, comments and observations" includes everything. Including "You must be mad to even think about that" ...