[TriLUG] linux on Palm

[Alan Porter]

 > I broke down and have an OLD palm M105...
 > I haven't searched to see if there is a DSL for it. (damn small linux)
 > could be a whole new thread if so...

uClinux was originally designed to run on the Palm (specifically,
on the Motorola Dragonball processor).  It's not the same as a
"normal" Linux distro.  Instead, it's more like an embedded OS
like vxWorks.  They made substantial changes to the kernel to
allow it to run in a flat memory space with no MMU.  But you
can run a shell, and it's fairly easy (according to them) to port
apps to run under uClinux.

The name "uClinux" comes from "uC" meaning micro-controller.

See http://www.uclinux.org/
or even better,
http://www.arcturusnetworks.com/Docs/AboutuClinux.pdf


Alan