handheld recommendations

Neil Woods · *nix forums beginner Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 36

I'm a relative newcomer to *BSD, though not to Linux (I've been running
Linux for over 10 years), and I've been using FreeBSD for a couple of
months on a desktop machine (i386 platform).

I've now decided it might be fun and educational to run NetBSD on a
mobile device. I've looked at <http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/hpcsh/> and
<http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/hpcarm/>.

I'm interested in any recommendations as to a good mobile (i.e. handheld)
platform on which to run NetBSD. I'm thinking that the HP Jornada 720
or 680 might be suitable (and within my price range).

Are there any good reasons to favour one over the other of the above?

Any other recommendations?

Will I need to have a PC with NetBSD already installed to cross compile
the OS and/or ports, or is most available over the net?

Getting X up and running would be nice, though is by no means essential
(I'm quite at home running screen, for example).

Thanks in advance for any comments.
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Neil

Karsten Kruse · *nix forums beginner Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 21

Neil Woods wrote:

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