Handheld Devices
Handheld devices (also known as handhelds) are pocket-sized computing devices that are rapidly gaining popularity as the access to information in every walk of life becomes more and more mission critical. Along with mobile computing devices such as laptops and smartphones, PDAs represent the new frontier of computing as desktop computers find less and less favour among every day users.
From : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handheld_computer
jLime
JLime is an attempt to port Linux to the Jornada and MobilePro Handheld PC's. JLime aims to provide a maintained distribution which can be used to transform your HPC into either an enhanced PDA or a mini-laptop. As with all Linux code, JLime is open source and free to use.
Linux, and therefore JLime, is licensed under GNU GPL. This means that JLime is open-sourced and free to use.
The real benefit is that you get a modern operating system on your Jornada, able to do almost everything your ordinary laptop/desktop can. You can chat, ftp, irc, download... And anything you lack can most likely be ported.
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