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Originally Posted by BobR
[B]One final question I would like to address is if this means one will be able to run Linux applications on Palm OS. In theory, when the underlying Linux kernel is there, basic applications should be able to compile for it with little to no change. You need to aware, however, that the higher-level parts of the platform will be Palm OS. This means, for example, that X Windows will not be running on your handheld device – we will be using the Palm OS graphics and windowing system instead. It will be possible, with various amounts of work, to get these other software components from the open source community to work on our platform, but this is not something in which PalmSource itself will likely invest much time.
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... but surely Linux folk will invest more time
In other words, Linux apps such as mplayer video player could be possible for Palm OS. The only part that needs to be rewritten is the output module (to use the "Palm OS graphics and windowing system" instead of X Windows). That's amazing! Now I only wish I was better at programming...