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2008-03-26 , 06:27
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Originally Posted by wv9k View Post
Someone mentioned that the stuff for the n800 (etc) is debian derived, it is. Only problem is that the vast majority that stuff for debian is "x86" based and very little has been ported to the processor and other oddnesses (compared to "x86") of the n800 (etc.).
This is very, very incorrect. In fact, the vast majority of Debian 'stuff for Debian' has been compiled for ARM under Debian's ARM EABI Port.

The easiest way to use it is to install johnx's Debian port on an SD partition, but I believe there has also been some success running the Debian stuff under a chroot (so the GNU utilities don't collide with the busybox stuff, which would result in an unbootable system).