Re: [linux-audio-user] Zaurus users?

wow, well thats a hell of a lot more than i thought would run on it... pretty impressive for such a small device actually... any thoughts on the 5500 vs. the new one?... i like the look of the older one better... but writing might not be as easy... thanks! m~ Jeremiah Benham wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:04:25PM +0000, iriXx wrote: >>hi all... >> >>just wondering if there are any Zaurus users on the list - the older >>version not the new one... > > I have one. > >>i've seen one in action and i know its got good media player facilities >>- some kind of xmms i seem to recall?... but im curious as to what else >>will run on it... > > Yes I guess it can to xmms. It also runs OpieMedia player (in OpenZaurus > anyway) that is based on libxine. So it can also play divx movie files > and stuff also. > You can install csounds on it. But there are not to many programs for > creating multimedia on it. Don't experct to do any realtime stuff with > csounds on the zaurus. You can render it and then listen to it. Even as > root user my 5500 sounds real choppy when trying to play a sine wave a > 44.1k 16bit in real time with csounds. > > check out zaurus software index and decide for your self. (I mostly use > it for the calender features, address, todo, and checkbook apps): > http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/ > > Jeremiah > >>thinking about getting one as a replacement to the laptop i thoroughly >>destroyed yesterday. dropped it from a bench, shattered screen and >>damaged motherboard. i'll be lucky if i get the data back. compaq >>armada's are flimsy things - if it had been the Dell i used to have, >>chances are it might have been salvagable.... >> >>thankx >>