On Jan 27, 2012 2:53 PM, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi :) > > I won a MC770FD/A iPad 2 Wi-Fi 32GB Black. I'm uncertain if I should > retain or sell it. The iPad was delivered today and I still didn't > configure it. I don't need all those consumer toys and I don't like > proprietary software, especially I don't like Apple regarding to the > company's policy. > > It would be nice to have something for reading, instead of wasting money > for ink cartridges, if I won't sit in front of my PC's monitor. I would rather buy an e reader for reading . Most of them work with calibre. > an iPad could be useful for drawing. Running Qt linguist also would be > comfortable to do translations, when I won't sit in front of my PC's > monitor. Additionally it would be good to have a portable audio > recorder, since my DAT recorders are broken. > > Believing information from the Internet, running Linux on the iPad 2 > shouldn't be possible and even original Linux apps that are available > for MacOs shouldn't work on an iPad too. > > I wonder if Qt linguist and some FLOSS audio software would run on an > iPad under it's iPad OS? > > Since my PC has got a wired connection to an ADSL modem (PPPoE), the PCI > slots are used by 2 TerraTec EWX 24/96 cards used as MIDI interfaces and > the PCIe slots are used for a RME HDSPe AIO card for audio and a GeForce > 7200GS graphics, I only could connect the iPad by USB to the PC and > Internet, because there are no free slots on my mobo. > > Because I never used Wi-Fi or Bluetooth I wonder if those elCheapo USB > 2.0 solutions will work with kernel ex 3.0-rt or at least with kernel ex > 3.2 without rt patch. > > http://www.reichelt.de/WLAN-Adapter/0/16/index.html?;ACTION=2;LA=2;GROUPID=770;SID=13TyKWTH8AAAIAADxiRjke9dfa8a88a9e2044f346f70b4c26a4ce > http://www.reichelt.de/index.html?ACTION=2;GROUPID=4321;SEARCH=Bluetooth > > Any hints are welcome, > > Ralf >
