Jornada Linux Mobility Edition or JLime is a

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originally aimed for the HP Jornada platform. It was created in late 2003 by Kristoffer Ericson and Henk Brunstin. It is developed using the

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build system.

History and name

The work on JLime began in late 2003 due to the need for a working Linux distribution on the HP 6xx Jornada platform. The idea behind JLime is a distribution that brings speed and portability to the Jornada. The Jornada had been unsupported in 2.6 kernel (due to lack of developers / test machines) and first year was focused on enabling support. 2.6.9 was the first kernel to be able to boot. In early February 2006 the JLime site was renovated by the JLime forum user "chazco". Later development added the NEC Mobilepro 900 and

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among the supported devices.

JLime installer

JLime developers "Chazco" and "B_Lizzard" created an

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based installation tool which can install JLime onto the Jornada 6xx without the need of any Linux machine, however development of this method has halted and has not been applied to any handheld PC other than the jornada 6xx. Most PDA systems use flash memory, but the Jornada handheld computers lack this facility. Therefore, JLime is installed onto a (partitioned)

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card. The

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uses a

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orientated interface.

Package management

JLime uses a minimalistic tool of

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called

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to handle packages (see

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), it can install/remove/update through any existing internet connection or locally. Packages are downloaded from so-called feed repositories and dependencies are handled automatically.

IceWM on Jornada

JLime is a fully functioning Linux distro and currently uses IceWM window manager as a GUI 'environment'. JLime includes the following applications with IceWM:

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, XChat,

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, Leafpad, Torsmo and a few other useful applications.

Developer List

Here is the list of the current active developers involved in the JLiME project.

Kernel maintainers

*Kristoffer Ericson (kristoffer) - kernel hp6xx/hp7xx *Rafael Ignacio Zurita (rafa) - kernel hp6xx *Michael Petchkovsky (cosmo0) - kernel mp900

Package maintainers

*Alex Palestras (B_lizzard) - packages hp6xx (OE) *Matt Oudenhoven (wicked) - packages hp7xx/mp900 (OE)

Site maintainers

*chazco - General maintenance - webmaster

Past maintainers

*Jan Misiak (fijam) - Documentation maintainer & Kernel Tester (2006 - Oct 2007)

Releases

JLime developed ports

References

External links

jLime Home page

Review of JLime Donkey 1.0.2 by Charles Hague
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