First UMPC linux boot success.

Posted on 12 May 2006, Last updated on 16 March 2019 by

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Well done Jtokash!

John succesfuly booted Damn Small Linux on an Tablet Kiosk Eo last night and got the gui up and running.
Unfortunately the gui didn’t scale well and a lot of hardware support was missing (USB mouse didnt work, touch didnt work) but it proves Linux boots and X runs.

Since yesterday, we’ve found a new set of links that refer to linux-on-tablet sites. (see forum)

At the moment, i’m waiting for someone to take the first screenshot and also try to run knoppix with these boot options:

knoppix nomce fb800x480 xmodule=fbdev

Its known to work on some tablets while booting from USB.

Further info in the Origamiportal linux thread and thanks to Origamiportal for the cool Linux-ultra mobile PC graphic!

Regards
Steve / Chippy

1 Comments For This Post

  1. Chippy says:

    Note to readers: I’ve been following the UMPC community pretty closely but if you’ve already got this far and i’ve missed the news, let me know and we’ll correct the news.

    Regards. Steve.

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