Mark Haury wrote: [...] > Every Linux handheld device that I've been interested > in and followed has *required* periodic re-flashes of the OS, either to > fix growing instability or to flash a new image that increases stability > and/or hardware or software functionality. This was true for my old Zaurus, but that was because Sharp basically didn't have a clue about operating systems and particularly not about FOSS. I've been very happy with the stability of my N800, and never had to reflash it. But I haven't been using it for experimental purposes. > As for desktop OSs, I would say Linux is on par with Windows: Windows > may be slightly (but only slightly) less stable, but has much better > hardware support. I haven't had to reinstall Windows (any version) any > more than I've had to reinstall Linux. I've only had to reinstall Linux once, and that was because of flaky hardware. Windows, on the other hand (in the days when I used it) needed reinstallation 2-3 times a year, and never worked properly even then. > ...And nobody has answered my question: is it even possible to flash > updated Windows Mobile images to those devices? Is it done routinely as > with Maemo/OpenMoko/etc.? My Windows-toting colleagues say it is theoretically possible but they've never done it. But then they don't put their devices through a hundredth of the workload my N800 handles, simply because the apps aren't there. When I had to edit and reprocess a 200pp XML document into PDF via LaTeX during the summer one of them watched in awe :-) The most he can do is open Notepad... ///Peter _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
