Familiar Linux

Short description: Linux distribution for iPAQ machines and other PDAs

Familiar Linux

OS family| Linux (Unix-like)
Source model| Open source
|Final release|Latest release}}| v0.8.4 / / March, 2007
Default user interface| OPIE, GPE
Official website| familiar.handhelds.org

Familiar Linux is a discontinued Linux distribution for iPAQ devices and other personal digital assistants (PDAs),[1][2] intended as a replacement for Windows CE. It can use OPIE or GPE Palmtop Environment as the graphical user interface.

## Contents

* 1 Technical details
* 2 History
* 3 Reception
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Technical details

It is loosely based on the Debian ARM distribution, but uses the ipkg package manager.[3] It contained Python and XFree86.[4]

## History

In May 2000, Alexander Guy took a kernel that had been worked on by Compaq programmers, built a complete Linux distribution around it, and released the first version of Familiar (v0.1).

The first version was released in May 2000.[5]

It was developed as part of the Handhelds.org project.[3]

## Reception

According to a 2004 review by IBM developerWorks, Familiar Linux needed more polish and "could gain mass acceptance if a dual-boot procedure were made possible".[6]

## References

1. ↑ Software configuration management : ICSE Workshops SCM 2001 and SCM 2003, Toronto, Canada, May 14-15, 2001 and Portland, OR, USA, May 9-10, 2003 : selected papers. Bernhard Westfechtel, André van der Hoek, SCM. Berlin: Springer. 2003. ISBN 978-3-540-39195-1. OCLC 51975801. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51975801.
2. ↑ Crossing design boundaries : proceedings of the 3rd Engineering & Product Design Education International Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 15-16 September, 2005. Paul Rodgers, E. K. Brodhurst, Duncan Hepburn, Design Society. Design Education Special Interest Group, Institution of Engineering Designers. London: Taylor & Francis. 2005. ISBN 0-415-39118-0. OCLC 63766883. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63766883.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "LWN.net weekly edition". https://static.lwn.net/2001/0607/.
4. ↑ "LinuxDevCenter.com: Linux on an iPAQ". 2005-02-27. http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/06/01/linux_ipaq.html.
5. ↑ "In Pictures: Linux for mobile. A visual history". https://www.arnnet.com.au/slideshow/521891/pictures-linux-mobile-visual-history/.
6. ↑ "Running Linux on an iPAQ". 2004-12-15. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-ipaq.html?ca=dgr-lnxw04iPaq.

## External links

* Linux.com interview with the original author

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