TT On Linux PDA? (Opie)

[Quantum]

I'm a long-time Opie user, and would like to run TT on it.

There doesn't seem to be a contact page on the TomTom website, so I'm asking here.

Is there a version which can run on Opie or another PDA Linux?

[lbendlin]

The TomTom GO compilation runs on Linux, but the hardware drivers will be different from a PDA. Have a look at www.opentom.org

I doubt you will be able to run it on top of Familiar, but I will be happy to be proven wrong.
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Lutz

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[Quantum]

Thanks. OpenTom seems to be the whole OS. I already have an OS (Opie), so the only issue should be getting the app to run, pick up the nav stream from bluetooth, read maps from flash, and drive the video display. I have too many other problems at the moment, and so couldn't work on this myself.

What's the big deal with the SirfIII chipset, especially when some don't have WAAS? Seems like the older chipsets work pretty well when they have WAAS. I used to have a Socket pod, before I gave it to my son, and it was superb. Yet no one seems to talk about it these days. Which is regarded as the most sensitive and accurate today?

And it seems Opie will not run yet on the IPaq 47xx. Is there a similarly powerful PDA which is high quality? A while back I'd heard negatives on the 55xx series.

[lbendlin]

Opie is not a OS. It's a UI. You are running Familiar with Opie on top of it. TomTom Go on the other side runs on a different Linux, with no UI other than it's own (same as on the Pocket PC etc - TomTom doesn't use any of the Windows Mobile features). They basically compiled their own kernel - as described on OpenTom.

Feel free to work on a port for Familiar - we can always use people wit the expertise to get that implemented.
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[andy-c1]

[lbendlin]

oh well. they've been spammed.

the individual wiki pages do still work though (click "Random link")

http://wiki.opentom.org/index.php/Hardware

http://wiki.opentom.org/index.php/Software

http://wiki.opentom.org/index.php/GPS

http://wiki.opentom.org/index.php/Ttsystem_images
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Lutz

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[Quantum]

Thanks, I've seen OpenTom, but am unable to adapt the apps, drivers, etc to the IPaq.

Anyway, I need to run Opie for its PIM functions, etc (it is far, far better than Winduhs), but I'm getting very concerned that there is no suitable nav app. Am I going to have to just buy a 4700, use Winduhs and TomTom, and forget about Opie? I must have nav.

I'm on the Familiar 4700 mailing list, but it appears to be moribund. In response to my question, only got one religious/inspirational message...

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