linux.on.iPaq.episode2

For the second installment of our Linux.on.iPaq series, I'm going to give you guys a tour and have a much closer look on how a little patience and a few finger-crossing moments can do so much to improve the usual iPaq experience ;)...I'd also like to point out that Opie supports landscape mode (which is not supported by PocketPC 2002) which obviously enhances the viewing/editing of spreadsheets, documents as well as webpages.









Btw, after installing Familiar 0.8.2 there are a few minor things you should do.
The default password for OPIE is blank, so you might want to change it first(you can use the usual passwd command for this)

Familar's 802.11b wlan support is excellent on my iPaq. All i needed to do was setup the SSID and the WEP key(optional). Once you have Internet connectivity, you should run these commands

# ntpdate -b time.handhelds.org
# ipkg update
# ipkg upgrade

this will sync your iPaq's system date/time as well as show the packages that you might want to install.