Linux-to-Palm Integration? 53
Randseed asks: "I'm a physician and am looking to buy a PDA to make my life a lot easier. My entire computer network is based around Linux. The hospitals' are Windows, but I don't need to explicitly deal with them. This is where my fellow geeks at Slashdot come in. What kind of integration exists for PalmOS PDAs and Linux at this point? What do you guys use? What is the best way to deal with installing software on the Palm from a Linux machine?"
Re:Pockets (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Pockets (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Pockets (Score:2)
Re:k/jpilot (Score:3, Informative)
Also, worth noting that Jpilot is a virtual clone function for function, of the Palm desktop software.
Truly easy to use, and efficient. The interface is clean too. I like it.
Is this what you are looking for? (Score:5, Informative)
pilot-link is a suite of tools used to connect your Palm or PalmOS® compatible handheld with Unix, Linux, and any other POSIX-compatible machine. pilot-link works with all PalmOS® handhelds, including those made by Handspring, Sony, and Palm, as well as others. pilot-link includes userspace "conduits" that allow you to syncronize information to and from your Palm device, as well as libraries of Palm-compatible functions that allow other applications to take advantage of the code included in pilot-link. There are also several language "bindings" that allow you to use your favorite development language with pilot-link, such as Java, Tcl, Perl, and Python.
Re:Is this what you are looking for? (Score:1)
Host Multiple Web Sites for one Price
Did you mean multiple domains?
Re:Is this what you are looking for?--offtopic (Score:1)
see the LARA recommendations at Creighton (Score:2)
Re:see the LARA recommendations at Creighton (Score:1, Redundant)
please ignore this comment (Score:2)
Re:see the LARA recommendations at Creighton (Score:2)
kpilot, jpilot (Score:2)
My biggest gripe is that none of the tools I've tried is really good at printing. Jpilot is OK but has a few bugs and kpilot doesn't print at all.
Also, some add-on software has corresponding desktop software that is Windoze only but you can generally use it on the Palm only.
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Re:kpilot, jpilot (Score:2)
Re:kpilot, jpilot (Score:1)
Most of the Palm software that I've seen works pretty well with only the Palm. I don't care too much about booting into 'Doze every few weeks to update the databases, really. I just don't want to have to pull a laptop out, boot the thing into 'Doze, deal with the braindeath that I never got used to in Windows (Yes, Linux has it too, but I'm used to that. :), etc.
I submitted this
Re:kpilot, jpilot (Score:2)
I'm not disagreeing with (or even responding to) the parent, this just seemed as good a place as any to put in my $0.02, since he mentioned kpilot.
Get a mobile phone/pda that runs linux (Score:1)
not to be a wet blanket ... (Score:1, Interesting)
if your interest is to tinker, well, then ignore this.
Re:not to be a wet blanket ... (Score:1)
Re:not to be a wet blanket ... (Score:2)
This is the same as someone asking for driving directions to the hospital and getting a reply "take the 49th street bus to oliver and then walk two blocks and jump on the redline" or call 911 and take the emergency squad. Do you see the problem there? I'll point it out. He already
Re:not to be a wet blanket ... (Score:1)
the problem is the whole attitude of this site. so i suggested a more productive alternative, that happens to include windows and that's a troll? maybe off topic. but not a troll. if you think mentioning windows is a troll or flamebait, that's really something you should go talk to your therapist about. good luck with that.
Re:not to be a wet blanket ... (Score:2)
The question clearly is What is the best way to deal with installing software on the Palm from a Linux machine? The I'm a physician and am look
Re:not to be a wet blanket ... (Score:1)
Re:not to be a wet blanket ... (Score:2)
Now the troll part is only because of the underlying competition n the operating systems. If the question was on making penutbutter sandwiches and your sugested to put it on crackers instead of bread the same wouldn't exist. I'm no
Re:not to be a wet blanket ... (Score:1)
as far as how it works on /., you are simply wrong and to say anything else so so ridiculous i won't even both disputing it. any post related to windows warrants hundreds of "windoze sux! use linux!" posts, and yes, these get mod'd up no matter how inane they are.
this might come as a shock, but outside of your little /. world, people care about getting the job done not
Re:not to be a wet blanket ... (Score:2)
Getting the job done using the tools stated by the question didn't involve windows at all. The mentioning of it while knowing about the rivaly and the questions wanting to specificaly use linux and not windows takes it to a different level. If the question was i use linux and windows and whats the best way to
Re:not to be a wet blanket ... (Score:1)
my only point is that you are wrong when you said the opposite situation would also be a troll. posts about windows warrant hundreds on "use linux" responses. those responses are
gnome-pilot & Evolution (Score:3, Informative)
I'd say support for the Palm is good, but not mature yet. gnome-pilot makes it easy to sync with AvantGo and the other major conduits. JPilot is good at that, too, and is basically a clone of Palm Desktop. pilot-link is the basis for most Palm support, and is usually kept up-to-date with the latest releases from PalmSource and Palm vendors.
Tux magazine issue 1 (Score:2, Insightful)
There are several, but really only one... (Score:3, Informative)
pilot-link has languages bindings for Perl, Python, Java, and TCL. We've got support for the latest Palm handhelds, including the Tungsten T5, LifeDrive and Tungsten E2.
pilot-link supports writing to external storage (SD cards, CompactFlash, MemoryStick), and we support libusb as well for a nice 600% speedup over the standard usb->serial layers present in Linux. Darwinusb uses native usb by default (no serial layers involved).
If you're interested in seeing the code, we've got a public CVS [pilot-link.org], Doxygenized code output [pilot-link.org], CVS statistics [pilot-link.org], and many other things.
Don't forget our mailing lists [pilot-link.org] as well, if you're interested in following the discussions. I've written some detailed HOWTO documents [pilot-link.org] as well to help users with their Palm devices.
I just released 0.12.0-pre4 [pilot-link.org] a few days ago. Try it out... we need feedback and testers. (Bugs go here [pilot-link.org]).
If you want to talk to us real-time, we're out on irc.pilot-link.org in #pilot-link. We'd love to hear from you...
Isn't It Obvious...? (Score:1)
Run Windows? Oh, wait a minute. Run Winelib.
Re:Isn't It Obvious...? (Score:1)
Re:Isn't It Obvious...? (Score:2)
Definitely a little kids movie, but cute in its own way...
/. editors, was this really necessary? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:/. editors, was this really necessary? (Score:2)
Asking on slashdot has a two fold effect. One, you get live feedback from a reletivly recent timelime and don't have to depend on usability reports from 3 years ago by some windows convert that thinks mandrake linux was hard to instal. Two, If any developers of the various software happens
Re:/. editors, was this really necessary? (Score:1)
What bugged me about this post was that the questioner hadn't done any homework on their own at all. A simple google search [google.com] would have provided the basis of a question.
The Slashdot community is a valuable resource. For the editors of /. to hassle us with a question from someone who c
Re:/. editors, was this really necessary? (Score:2)
However i don't see from his question were it implies he didn't do any research. After reading the first couple of replies, it looks like it could have been answered by a google search. Then again it goes back to my practice of asking the same type of questions in different places after i do a little research on a program or proccess so i might be a little prejudice on the
Re:Use Evolution for mails (Score:2)
They don't? You might want to check to make sure [mozdev.org]. ;)
KPilot + KOrganizer + Kontact (Score:2)
KOrganizer is a nice calendar & to-do list app. (And it brings my MS Exchan
OpenTAPAS and jSyncManager. (Score:2)
As you're a doctor, take a look at OpenTAPAS and the jSyncManager:
OpenTAPAS is the Open Source Technology Assisted Practice Application Suite, which is designed specifically for physicians in clinical settings, and includes calendaring, messaging, and document storage, using both a web interface and PalmOS 5-based handheld systems. The messaging system in completely encrypted. OpenTAPAS is developed by the EGADSS Team at the University of British Columbia, and is headed
lots adn its really good (Score:3, Informative)
Both KDE and GNOME have sync GUI's if you need that kind of thing.
I've got a clie, and have had a palm V. Most of the Palms are supported I think. Check it out -> http://www.pilot-link.org/ [pilot-link.org]
windows for .exe distributed palm packages (Score:1)
Re:windows for .exe distributed palm packages (Score:2)
Treo 600/650 (Score:1)
The 650's out now as well which is an improvement - I'll be upgrading around September.
Haydn.
Pocket PC (Score:2, Interesting)
SD Card (Score:2)
JPilot (Score:2)
When they worked at all, I found that both KPilotd and Gnome-pilot/evolution would make duplicate entries and cause some stuff just to disappear. Then there's the fact that, IIRC, Evolution still has no notes function. JPilot is small, fast, simple and just works. You can even