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e-enker · 10-12-2008, 10:47 AM

Alright, lol.....I didnt meen to confuse anybody.##

What I would need the iliad to do is display a few websites, but from what Ive learned about the browsers of the iliad Im almost sure that those sites are not supported.
I thought that maybe the simplest way to enhance the internet capabilities of the iliad would be to use another os. I thought that since its so simple to run another os on a laptop, it might be equally simple with the iliad. I hadnt thought of drivers though and I had presume that the source is available, including drivers.
And by "good" os I basically meant an os with better internet applications. On a second thought I also meant that a good os is an os that makes the most of the hardware, and I was under the impression that the os of the iliad is pretty limited compared to what the hardware would allow for.

I didnt mean any open source os, that was a wrong formulation. I meant any os with better internet capabilities.

So from what has been said so far I conclude that the basic message is that it is not possible to run another os on the iliad, and if then its too much work. Is that correct?

Why does the iliad have such a limited internet performance, are there just no better browsers available or is ts there another reason?

And when irex make their source available, does that that mean that better browsers can be ported or will the iliad never be a better internet device than it already is?

Also thanks for the link to brighthand, Ive checked it out already.

10-12-2008, 10:47 AM	#26
e-enker Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Cybook Gen3	Alright, lol.....I didnt meen to confuse anybody.## What I would need the iliad to do is display a few websites, but from what Ive learned about the browsers of the iliad Im almost sure that those sites are not supported. I thought that maybe the simplest way to enhance the internet capabilities of the iliad would be to use another os. I thought that since its so simple to run another os on a laptop, it might be equally simple with the iliad. I hadnt thought of drivers though and I had presume that the source is available, including drivers. And by "good" os I basically meant an os with better internet applications. On a second thought I also meant that a good os is an os that makes the most of the hardware, and I was under the impression that the os of the iliad is pretty limited compared to what the hardware would allow for. I didnt mean any open source os, that was a wrong formulation. I meant any os with better internet capabilities. So from what has been said so far I conclude that the basic message is that it is not possible to run another os on the iliad, and if then its too much work. Is that correct? Why does the iliad have such a limited internet performance, are there just no better browsers available or is ts there another reason? And when irex make their source available, does that that mean that better browsers can be ported or will the iliad never be a better internet device than it already is? Also thanks for the link to brighthand, Ive checked it out already.