Familiar Linux

Familiar Linux
OS family	Linux ( Unix-like )
Source model	Open source
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.

Technical details [ edit ]

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

History [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

^ 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, Andre van der Hoek, SCM. Berlin: Springer. 2003. ISBN 978-3-540-39195-1 . OCLC 51975801 . {{ cite book }}: CS1 maint: others ( link )
^ 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 . {{ cite book }}: CS1 maint: others ( link )
^ ^a ^b "LWN.net weekly edition" . LWN.net . Retrieved 2021-04-25 .
^ "LinuxDevCenter.com: Linux on an iPAQ" . O'Reilly Media . 2005-02-27. Archived from the original on 2005-02-27 . Retrieved 2021-04-25 .
^ "In Pictures: Linux for mobile. A visual history" . ARNnet . Retrieved 2021-04-26 .
^ "Running Linux on an iPAQ" . IBM developerWorks . 2004-12-15. Archived from the original on 2004-12-15 . Retrieved 2021-04-25 .

External links [ edit ]

Official website
Linux.com interview with the original author Archived 2021-04-25 at the Wayback Machine

[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, Andre van der Hoek, SCM. Berlin: Springer. 2003. ISBN 978-3-540-39195-1 . OCLC 51975801 . {{ cite book }}: CS1 maint: others ( link )

[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 . {{ cite book }}: CS1 maint: others ( link )

[:0-3] "LWN.net weekly edition" . LWN.net . Retrieved 2021-04-25 .

[4] "LinuxDevCenter.com: Linux on an iPAQ" . O'Reilly Media . 2005-02-27. Archived from the original on 2005-02-27 . Retrieved 2021-04-25 .

[5] "In Pictures: Linux for mobile. A visual history" . ARNnet . Retrieved 2021-04-26 .

[6] "Running Linux on an iPAQ" . IBM developerWorks . 2004-12-15. Archived from the original on 2004-12-15 . Retrieved 2021-04-25 .

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