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>Linux on the Road</H1
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>Linux with Laptops, Notebooks, PDAs, Mobile Phones and Other Portable Devices</H2
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> Werner Heuser</H3
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> Linux Mobile Edition
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Edition </P
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>Version 3.22<BR></SPAN
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>TuxMobil<BR></SPAN
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>Berlin</P
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>Copyright</A
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> © 2000-2011 Werner Heuser</P
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>2011-12-12<BR></P
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>Revision History</B
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>Revision 3.22</TD
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>2011-12-12</TD
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>Revised by: wh</TD
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>The address of the opensuse-mobile mailing list has been added,
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a section power management for graphics cards has been added,
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a short description of Intel's LinuxPowerTop project has been added,
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all references to Suspend2 have been changed to TuxOnIce,
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links to OpenSync and Funambol syncronization packages have been added,
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some notes about SSDs have been added,
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many URLs have been checked and some minor improvements have been made.</TD
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>2005-11-14</TD
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>Some more typos have been fixed.</TD
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>A link to keytouch has been added,
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minor changes have been made.</TD
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>2005-10-10</TD
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>Some URLs have been updated,
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spelling has been corrected,
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minor changes have been made.</TD
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>Revision 3.17.1</TD
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>2005-09-28</TD
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>A technical and a language review have been performed by Sebastian Henschel. Numerous
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bugs have been fixed and many URLs have been updated.</TD
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>Revision 3.17</TD
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>2005-08-28</TD
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>Some more tools added to external monitor/projector section,
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link to Zaurus Development with Damn Small Linux added to cross-compile section,
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some additions about acoustic management for hard disks added,
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references to X.org added to X11 sections,
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link to laptop-mode-tools added,
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some URLs updated,
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spelling cleaned,
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minor changes.</TD
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>2005-07-15</TD
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>Added some information about pcmciautils,
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link to SoftwareSuspend2 added,
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localepurge for small HDDs,
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added chapter about FingerPrint Readers,
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added chapter about ExpressCards,
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link to Smart Battery System utils added to Batteries chapter,
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some additions to External Monitors chapter,
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links and descriptions added for:
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IBAM - the Intelligent Battery Monitor,
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lcdtest,
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DDCcontrol
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updated Credits section,
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minor changes.</TD
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> Mobile computer devices (laptops, notebooks, PDAs, mobile cell phones,
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portable audio and video players, digital cameras,
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calculators, wearables, ...) are different from desktop/tower computers.
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They use certain hardware such as PCMCIA cards,
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infrared and BlueTooth ports, wireless LAN, LCD displays, batteries,
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docking stations. Hardware parts cannot be changed as easily as in a
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desktops, e.g. the graphics card. Often their hardware is more limited
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(e.g. disk space, CPU speed). Though the performance gap to
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desktops is becoming smaller, e.g. in many instances, laptops or
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notebooks can become a desktop replacement.
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> Hardware support for Linux (and other operating systems) and mobile
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computer devices is sometimes more limited (e.g. graphics chips, internal modems).
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They often use specialized hardware, hence finding a driver can be more
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difficult. Many times they are used in changing environments, so there
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is a need for multiple configurations and additional security
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strategies.
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</P
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> Though there are laptop, notebook, PDA and mobile phone
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related HOWTOs available already, this guide contains
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a concise survey of documents related to mobile computer
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devices. Also Linux features, such as installation methods
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for laptops, notebooks and PDAs as well as configurations for
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different (network) environments are described.
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</P
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> Although there are some caveats, Linux is a better choice for mobile
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computer devices than most other operating systems, because it supports
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numerous installation methods, works in many heterogeneous environments
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and needs smaller resources.
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</P
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>Preface</A
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>2. <A
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HREF="mobile-guide-p0c1s2-sponsoring.html"
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>Sponsoring</A
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>About the Document</A
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>Contact</A
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>I. <A
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HREF="mobile-guide-p1-getting-started.html"
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>Laptops and Notebooks</A
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>Which Laptop to Buy?</A
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>Palmtops, Personal Digital Assistants - PDAs, Handheld PCs - HPCs</A
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HREF="mobile-guide-p3c2-linux-pdas-history.html"
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>History of Linux on PDAs</A
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HREF="mobile-guide-p3c2-linux-for-pdas-ports-and-tools.html"
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>Non-Linux PDAs - Ports and Tools</A
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HREF="mobile-guide-p3c4-connectivity.html"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p4-tablet-pc.html"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p4c1-tablet-intro.html"
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>Tablet PCs / Pen PCs</A
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>IV. <A
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HREF="mobile-guide-p4-cell-phones.html"
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>Mobile (Cellular) Phones, Pagers, Calculators, Digital Cameras, Wearable Computing</A
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>Mobile (Cellular) Phones, Pagers</A
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HREF="mobile-guide-p2-mobile-hardware.html"
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>Hardware in Detail: CPU, Display, Keyboard, Sound and More</A
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>13. <A
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HREF="mobile-guide-p2c2-accessories.html"
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>Accessories: PCMCIA, USB and Other External Extensions</A
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HREF="mobile-guide-p5c1-kernel-history.html"
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>On the Road</A
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>Different Environments</A
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HREF="mobile-guide-p5c2-solutions-with-laptops.html"
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>G. <A
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HREF="mobile-guide-a6-neomagic-chip.html"
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>NeoMagic Graphics Chipset Series NM20xx</A
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>H. <A
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