Linux PDA experience?

[JD Runyan]

I have talked with some of the folks at IBM, and they are moving more
and more towards Linux in all respects, one driving force is MS has
pissed them off. There is some internal strife in the RS/6000 groups as
to how far they go, but the Linux crowd is gaining the support of the
higher ups.  It takes time, but IBM is sort of the waking giant, and it
is MS and thier strong arm tactics that have woken this giant.  IBM will
more than likely be the largest commercial Linux vendor in less than 5
years.  Some will hate this, but one benefit will be the fact that Linux
will be able to run on one of the most stable hardware platforms I have
seen.
On Wed, Nov ,  at 01:06:44AM -0600, Jim Herrmann wrote:
> I have a Handspring Visor Deluxe with a USB cradle.  I use Mandrake 8.1 and 
> JPilot V0.99.  I had trouble using the Handspring with Red Hat 7.1, due at 
> least in part to the USB drivers not being stable in the early 2.4 kernel 
> versions.  My current install works fine with JPilot, but I could not get 
> KPilot to find the sync for me.  Perhaps it would work correctly with a 
> serial port connect Palm Pilot, but JPilot works good for me.  In fact, my 
> Handspring flipped out just today, and I used JPilot to successfully restore 
> my data back to my last backup.  It seems that it should restore back to the 
> last sync, but I guess I'll put in a bug report.  I guess for now I need to 
> do a backup each time I sync.  I also have heard rumors that Evolution is, or 
> will be, a good PDA sync tool.
> 
> Can't help you with the Agenda, but I'd love to hear anyone else's 
> experience.  There are some new PDA models coming out that look really 
> interesting.  There is a Sharp coming out that is Linux based, but it's not 
> production yet, and in January Handspring is coming out with a PDA/cell phone 
> that looks like it will be great.  Next year looks to be a banner year for 
> new PDA products.
> 
> Lotus Notes definitely works with the Palm OS based products, but I'm not 
> sure about Linux based.  AFAIK, there is no Notes client for Linux. :-(  IBM 
> needs to sh** or get off the pot here.  If everything they do is going to 
> support Linux, they need to include all Lotus apps also.  Especially the 
> Notes client.  I think the Notes server (domino) runs on Linux, but not the 
> client.  They should also just open source Smart Suite, BTW.  Anyway, if you 
> are syncing to Notes, I think you are forced to use Windows at this point in 
> time.

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JD Runyan
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