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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:36 pm    Post subject: Which mobile phone for Gentoo? Reply with quote

Hello,
It's just 2 months until I'll get 17 and my parents will spend their whole money (well okay, just about 200 €) on buying a new mobile phone for me :-)
My thought was that I'd "need" one on that I can (manually) install Gentoo Linux. Now, there are just two questions about that...:
1. I'm not quite sure if I got this stuff about Linux on mobile phones right, is it possible to install the OS manually?
2. This could really be a bit tricky I fear... Are there such mobile phones which cost not more than 200 €?
3. Is it much harder too install gentoo on such a mobile phone than on a regular computer? (well, ignoring that compiling will need weeks and that the software must be selected carefully)

Just to make sure I don't switch things here... with "mobile phones" I mean devices I can phone other people, write "SMSs", maybe take photos, maybe a way to connect it to my computer (=>distributed compiling), (and all that stuff "normal" mobile phones can do too :D) and which hopefully can use Linux :-)

Thanks in advance for answering any of my questions! :-)
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unless you really want to get into embedded development you don't want to install Gentoo on a mobile phone. If you want to really install Linux on it then use one of the distributions made for embedded devices (even then it will probably be quite tricky).
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hmkay, I generally don't mind using another distro, but which are made for embedded devices?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BigBrain wrote:
hmkay, I generally don't mind using another distro, but which are made for embedded devices?


Your best bet would be Familiar Linux. Works only with ipaq phones though:
http://familiar.handhelds.org/
http://www.cfar.umd.edu/~arvind/linuxonipaq.htm
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Openmoko already has linux installed:
http://www.openmoko.com/
http://www.openmoko.com/products-index.html
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

checkout the LIMO Foundation too.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BlackEdder wrote:
Openmoko already has linux installed:
http://www.openmoko.com/
http://www.openmoko.com/products-index.html


Lol, how could I forget. Unfortunately the phone isn't working fully yet.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for your answers, but I now think I'd better spend my parents' money on a mobile phone that "just" looks good and can do much stuff :D
I realised that I don't really need linux on my phone (especially if it's not gentoo, any other precompiled linux would be like any "normal" mobile phone OS) if it costs 200 € more than one that can do the same without linux :?
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