Matrix of Progress.

The HOWTO's frequently have information relevant to any type of psion. See the HOWTO's for things to get and some hints on installation.


S3
Revo, Revo+,Mako
Series 5
Series 5MX
Series 5MX-Pro
netBook/Series 7**
Supported by ARLO;
Working Kernel
*
yes
yes
Yes! See HOWTO.
HOWTO

Here , here ,
here , and here
Compactflash Disk

N/A
yes
yes
yes
yes
Compactflash Ethernet

N/A

yes
yes
yes - pcmcia
Safe and sane reboots

yes
yes
yes
yes
Serial port

yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Infrared port

yes

yes
yes
no
Touch screen

Works under picoGUI.
the basic code
is in the kernel,
but there are no applications.
Works under X11
and picoGUI
window systems.
Works under X11
and picoGUI
window systems.
yes, gpm
and X11
Power management; On/Off

yes, basic
yes, basic
yes, basic
yes, basic
shutdown and
reboot only
Standard external modems


at least serial
should be working
yes, serial and infrared
yes, serial and infrared
yes, serial only
Precompiled ARM binaries
(*arm.deb packages)
(includes bash, ssh, ppp,
compilers, emacs, etc.)

yes
Precompiled ARM
binaries should
work as those on
the 5mx; both archs
are ARM
yes,
Debian
or handhelds.org
Distribution available

Yes
and Here
Yes
Debian Woody, Sarge
Debian Woody, Sarge
Here
and
here.
Window system

picoGUI
No, but porting
picoGUI might be possible
picoGUI
  and X11.
picoGUI
and X11.
X11
Backlight

N/A
yes
yes
yes
no
Screen darken/lighten

yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Multiple windows/shells

yes
<menu><1>,
<menu><2>, etc.
yes, works the
same way
as the 5mx
yes
<menu><1>,
<menu><2>, etc.
yes
<menu><1>,
<menu><2>, etc.
yes
<menu><1>,
<menu><2>, etc.
Sound
works
no*
supported
supported
no

* There is some Sound Code in the kernel but it isn't working yet.
** Series 7 and netBook hardware are virtually identical. The only differences seem to be (a) memory configuration and (b) maybe power to PCMCIA.

Last updated April 30, 2006. Please send corrections/additions to the openpsion mail list