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by Mark J. Small :: Rate this Message:

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On Thursday 22 February 2007 22:31, Harmon Seaver wrote:

> conradcliff wrote:
> > I did a quick search with Google and within this forum but didn't find
> > what I was looking for...
> > I have an ipaq 2215 with a xscale 400mhz cpu and 64 megs of ram. What I'm
> > wondering is why I should switch over to Familiar.
> > Will it run faster?
> > Is there a lot more functionality? Things I never knew I needed...
> > Will it allow me to use landscape mode even though it didn't come with
> > that functionality?
> >
> > 2003se seems to be serving my needs quite well as it is but if there is a
> > mountain of functionality I'm missing out on that can be found in
> > Familiar I would really like to know. Thanks allot for your info...
>
>    Well, it really depends on whether you're a linux person or not, I
> guess. I run familiar on my ipaq because I won't allow any windoze crap
> in my house, and certainly not in my pocket. Might give you cancer.

For me it is the flexibility and familiarity of of linux based system.  I can
use ssh port forwarding with dropbear, and I developed my own printing
solution to worl with a sipix A6 pocket printer.  

Now if only syncing were better...

Mark
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