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Openpsion (formerly psilinux) is a project to port the Linux operating system to a group of palmtops produced by Psion. At present, working linux systems can be installed on any of the Series 5, Series 5MX, Series 5MX-Pro, Revo (Revo+, Mako) machines (NOT the Series 3).

All root file systems are based on either Debian or handhelds.org (openembedded) linux, since precompiled binary packages (e.g., “*.deb” or “*.ipk” files) for the ARM processors are available. The Debian approach (Sarge) is presently the most developed. Installation of linux on a Psion requires some prior experience with the linux operating system.

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The OpenNA Linux Operating System provides a highly secure and fast Linux server. Dedicated for mission critical tasks in the servers domain, the OpenNA Linux operating system provides a secure, strong, reliable and fast solution. A beta4 development version was released July 22, 2002. Release Candidate 2 was released March 24, 2003. Version 1.0 was released November 11, 2003. The change log for the development branch of OpenNA Linux 2.0 looks at changes from January 2004/January 2005. Moved to historical November 12, 2009.

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Linux by itself is only the kernel which forms the backbone of a operating system consisting of hardware drivers and support. It is Free and Licensed under GPL.

The Onebase Project, is a Linux kernel based operating system with its own package management and administration tools

This Project was started with the basic motive on NOT to be called as “another Linux”.

In addition to having a significant amount of its own features, this project is also collective in its efforts to bring the best out of other distributions into Onebase Linux. Some of the features that distinguishes it are:

Package Management System – This formed the basis this project. A versatile package manager with seamless support for binary and source packages. It enables easy management and updation of the system with robust functionality.

Onebase Portal – A comprehensive system management center that is modular and provides various tools for desktop, hardware, system, network and package administration

Infrastructure – A remodeled boot system and improved file-hierarchy with per package folders (under /OL-apps) yet fully maintaining UNIX compatibility.

Specialized versions – Onebase Linux provides different installers like Net-Installer, HD-installer that comes with OnebaseGo LiveCD. And regularly introduces special LiveCD editions such as for Games, Development etc..

More features – Other stuff includes – System Restore points, Automate Tasks, Security Updates, Network OLM, Concurrent Installs, Beta gallery and much more..

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NoMad is a linux distribution based on the encap package managing system for ease of installation and upgrades. NoMad’s main purpose is to keep it’s creators happy and give them something to do in their free time. More and more, they see NoMad as the distribution for the scientists/engineers/geeks that know what the want and don’t want anything else.

They follow the filesystem standard as closely as possible. NoMad’s base filesystem is pretty small at just over 10.5megs uncompressed. This includes everything that is required for the machine to boot up and that’s about it. The rest (with the exception of X-windows) is handled with encap packages, making it rather simple to upgrade. Chances are, once you install NoMad, you’ll never have to re-install from scratch again. (Xfree86 is an additional 26meg or so uncompressed.)

NoMad first came about in spring of 1997. During the following summer is when the project really began to take shape. Most major modifications take place when they’re not busy with classes and exams.

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“MkLinux is an Open Source operating system which consists of an implementation of the Linux operating system hosted on the Mach microkernel. They estimate that there are somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 MkLinux users. A significant number of the installed MkLinux systems are being used in mission-critical applications.” (1)

During the early years, most MkLinux development occurred either at Apple or at The Open Group Research Institute in Grenoble, France. MkLinux Developer Release 1 (DR1) was released in early 1996.

Later that year, DR2 was released, incorporating numerous bug fixes. The Linux server was updated to the 2.0.x source base shortly thereafter. At about the same time, (December, 1996) PCI machines were supported and DR2.1 was completed and incorporated into Apple’s “Reference Release”. DR2.1 was released a few months later. With the exception of shared library support and support for 603e machines, very little changed until the appearance of the G3 PowerMacs in late 1997. Support for these machines trickled into the source base over the course of a few months, and pre-DR3, as it was then known, was frozen about March of 1998. While Apple’s quality assurance people tested the disk, the world moved on without it. As a result, a substantial number of bug fixes didn’t make it into the DR3 release.

By the time DR3 was released, at least three additional PowerBook models were partially supported (1400, 2400, and G3 series), and numerous major causes of crashes had been eliminated. At this point, a number of developers had made various fixes to PowerBook support, but they weren’t all in the same kernel.

At that point, at the request of Gilbert Coville, I sent out a request for patches and changes. The GENERIC kernels were born. Several developers joined me in setting up a CVS server for sources so that developers from around the world could easily coordinate their development efforts and maintain a single source tree.

Since the DR3 release, MkLinux has made significant advances in multiple Ethernet support, IDE support, floppy support, and overall stability. Literally hundreds of bug fixes and patches have been submitted in the past few months, and MkLinux is in a stronger position than ever to grow and improve for years to come.

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