Linux coming to Phone Edition devices?

web site has its way, Linux on devices currently running Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform may one day become reality. The web site, which caters to a large number of users of devices based on the HTC Wallaby and Himalaya models - perhaps better known as the O2 XDA and XDA II, or T-Mobile MDA and MDA II - has now offered up space for a product to port Linux to these devices, dubbed Xanadux.

The goal of the project, as listed on the web site, is to produce a working and usable Linux distribution to power these devices, allowing use of all of its features including telephony and GPRS data transfer. User friendliness will also be a major aspect of the project's efforts.

Still in its infancy, the project is seeking additional developers to help create the promised distribution, with no files available for download or installation. Nor is there a timeline available, however the project will be open source and as such available to all device owners once fruits spring from the group's labour.">

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	Linux coming to Phone Edition devices?	By Jørgen Sundgot, Tuesday 3 February 2004

If a new effort hosted by the XDA-Developers web site has its way, Linux on devices currently running Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform may one day become reality. The web site, which caters to a large number of users of devices based on the HTC Wallaby and Himalaya models - perhaps better known as the O2 XDA and XDA II, or T-Mobile MDA and MDA II - has now offered up space for a product to port Linux to these devices, dubbed Xanadux.

The goal of the project, as listed on the web site, is to produce a working and usable Linux distribution to power these devices, allowing use of all of its features including telephony and GPRS data transfer. User friendliness will also be a major aspect of the project's efforts.

Still in its infancy, the project is seeking additional developers to help create the promised distribution, with no files available for download or installation. Nor is there a timeline available, however the project will be open source and as such available to all device owners once fruits spring from the group's labour.