1.03 Zaurus Distro Comparison

1.03 Zaurus Distro Comparison

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Posted by Capn_Fish on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 18:01

I fairly brief, unbiased Zaurus Distro comparison needs to be written here.

SL-5x00:
Sharp
OpenZaurus
Angstrom
Cacko (?)
Watapon
Crow (?)
Henteges (?)
QTopia
TKCROM

SL-C series (clamshells):

Sharp ROM
-Original ROM
-Stable
-QT interface
-2.4.x kernel

Cacko
-Based on the Sharp ROM
-Added applications
-Full/"Lite" versions
-2.4.x kernel

OpenZaurus
-Built with OE
-No longer maintained
-Succeeded by Angstrom
-Very mature and stable
-GPE and Opie variants
-Runs on all Zaurii (?)

Angstrom
-Built with OE
-Many devs
-RTFM
-Cutting-edge
-Not just for Zaurus
-Not stable
-2.6.x kernel
-GPE and other variants
-runs on all Zaurii (?)

pdaXrom
-Developed by a small team (Sashz, Laze, and InSearchOf)
-No recent release (just betas and revisions)
-Not considered stable
-2.6.16 kernel in the latest version
-Only one version (X11)
-Openbox/Matchbox is the default window manager/desktop manager
-does not run on C3000

pdaXii13
-Based on pdaXrom beta 1/2/3
-2.4.20 kernel
-made by Meanie
-stable
-runs on C3000

SL-C3x00-specific:

Debian/Titchy
-Appeared recently
-Apparently stable
-Run full Debian on your Z
-Use regular Debian ARM repositories
-OABI and EABI varieties

*BSD
-Full BSD
-Stable
-SD support (?)