At this point, you have the choice either to continue to install the Opie applications from the command line, as we did before, or to use the graphical package manager. For this last one, you can launch it by tapping on the Settings tab, then tapping on the Software icon.
However, from my experience, it still suffers from minor problems, so my recommendation would be to continue to use the ipkg command line tool.
Use the task-opie-xxx meta-package to install a group of application at once.
You may choose to install the Konqueror/Embedded Web browser, which is definitively one of the best browser with such a small footprint. To install it, add a new feed to the ipkg installer by typing:
# echo "src konqueror http://bolug.uni-bonn.de/files/konq-e" >> /etc/ipkg.conf |
Update the package definitions by typing:
# ipkg update Downloading http://familiar.handhelds.org/familiar/releases/v0.5.3/packages/armv4l/Packages ... Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/ipkg/lists/konqueror |
Install the konqueror package by typing:
# ipkg install konqueror |
At this point, you now have a fully functional iPAQ running GNU/Linux, as a perfect replacement for PocketPC, having almost the same capabilities (except maybe for the synchronization facility) but with all the advantages of an open source solution.
Enjoy and have fun! I just hope you will not follow the last chapter of this document, dealing with PocketPC re-installation!