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Originally Posted by e-enker
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.
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Would you list some of the websites?
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Originally Posted by e-enker
I thought that maybe the simplest way to enhance the internet capabilities of the iliad would be to use another os.
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To enhance the internet capabilities of the iliad, using another os might be the hardest way.
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Originally Posted by e-enker
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.
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Do you have a laptop running Palm OS? If not, what makes you think Palm OS runnable on iLiad? There are many obstacles for porting an OS to another machine. Lacking device driver is just one of them.
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Originally Posted by e-enker
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.
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Os and application are two different things. A bad os will never become a good os because of good application. iLiad adopts Linux as its os. Linux is one of the most popular os in the world. I won't say that Linux is not a good os. You are wrong if you think that "the os of the iliad is pretty limited compared to what the hardware would allow for".
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Originally Posted by e-enker
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?
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If not for open source os, we wouldn't have Linux running on iLiad. And we might have to pay tripple price for an iLiad adopting proprietary os.
Do not always blame on lousy os for not providing good internet capability. It's not always os's responsibility.
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Originally Posted by e-enker
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?
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Yes, I think so.
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Originally Posted by e-enker
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?
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Because iLiad is a device with very limited computational ability, so it can't provide everythin you want, including better internet capability. IMHO, The situation will not change even when iRex makes source code abailable. If you want better internet capability (I think you mean web-browsabilty), iLiad will never fit you need.