Familiar Linux

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Familiar Linux
FamiliarLinux GPE Screensot.png
OS family Linux (Unix-like)
Source model Open source
Latest release v0.8.4 / / March, 2007
Default
user interface 		OPIE, GPE
License GNU GPL
Official website familiar.handhelds.org

Familiar Linux is a discontinued Linux distribution for iPAQ devices and other personal digital assistants (PDAs), [1] [2] intended as a replacement for Windows CE. It can use OPIE or GPE Palmtop Environment as the graphical user interface.

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Technical details

It is loosely based on the Debian ARM distribution, but uses the ipkg package manager. [3] It contained Python and XFree86. [4]

History

In May 2000, Alexander Guy took a kernel that had been worked on by Compaq programmers, built a complete Linux distribution around it, and released the first version of Familiar (v0.1).

The first version was released in May 2000. [5]

It was developed as part of the Handhelds.org project. [3]

Reception

According to a 2004 review by IBM developerWorks, Familiar Linux needed more polish and "could gain mass acceptance if a dual-boot procedure were made possible". [6]

References

  1. ↑ Software configuration management : ICSE Workshops SCM 2001 and SCM 2003, Toronto, Canada, May 14-15, 2001 and Portland, OR, USA, May 9-10, 2003 : selected papers. Bernhard Westfechtel, André van der Hoek, SCM. Berlin: Springer. 2003. ISBN   978-3-540-39195-1. OCLC   51975801.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ↑ Crossing design boundaries : proceedings of the 3rd Engineering & Product Design Education International Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 15-16 September, 2005. Paul Rodgers, E. K. Brodhurst, Duncan Hepburn, Design Society. Design Education Special Interest Group, Institution of Engineering Designers. London: Taylor & Francis. 2005. ISBN   0-415-39118-0. OCLC   63766883.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. 1 2 "LWN.net weekly edition". LWN.net . Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  4. ↑ "LinuxDevCenter.com: Linux on an iPAQ". O'Reilly Media . 2005-02-27. Archived from the original on 2005-02-27. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  5. ↑ "In Pictures: Linux for mobile. A visual history". ARNnet . Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  6. ↑ "Running Linux on an iPAQ". IBM developerWorks. 2004-12-15. Archived from the original on 2004-12-15. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
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