Zaurus Related Links
Want to play chess on the Zaurus, but think that that Java version is so crap because it doesn’t even have a checkmate (the king is taken!). Well, help is at hand. First, get “GNUChess”:http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=456 and then get ” Chess QBoard”:http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=1135 a front end to the GNUChess Engine. Install both, and hey presto.
Got to love the screenshot for “Blanker”:http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=1108 an application that turns your screen off. Very helpful.
I number of good software packages and languages are available on the Zaurus; e.g. “Vim”:http://rikkus.info/zaurus.html#vim, “mySQL”:http://www.caulfei.demon.co.uk/zaurus/, “Python”:http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/zaurus/index.php, (or “Python”:http://opie.net.wox.org/python/). To do a search, use the very handy “IpkgFind”:http://ipkgfind.handhelds.org/, or visit the “Zaurus Software Index”:http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/
If the default Sharp Rom isn’t good enough for you, I recommend “OpenZaurus”:http://www.openzaurus.org/. If that isn’t on the edge enough for you, you could always stick “Debian”:http://people.debian.org/~mdz/zaurus/ on.
And what OS isn’t complete without a version of “Nethack”:http://trolls.troll.no/warwick/nethack/ipk/
[Currently listening to Debaser by The Pixies]