Multiboot would be the way to go.

Well I can't speak with authority to this, but iirc debian arm packages are incompatible with maemo. Maemo uses armel eabi and debian arm uses the arm. Or something like that.

So from my (daily) chats with the core developers over there, it's not looking likely that they'll license some kind of maemo for it.

However, it *does* address those points that make the Nokia tablets problematic for emulators and games. If I can swing the purchase price of one, I'll be looking into bringing a package or two from pandora-land over into ITOS-land, as the hardware is much closer to the tablets than the gp2x.

I can really find nothing to fault with the design, given the manufacturing cost and patent constraints they face. And I'm pleased as punch that they were able to switch their design to OMAP3430 after I mentioned it in their forum.

Is it a competitor to the tablets? Lacking bluetooth and an integrated UI (like hildon), a large portion of tablet customers would probably prefer to stick with Nokia. However for the customer that wants a games-capable device in a pocket form factor, that can also run a wide range of linux software, it will be very hard to beat in 2008.

Will there be games for this "gaming platform"? Emulators are nice for geeks but a device which can probably emulate some old gaming consoles doesn't make a gaming platform, does it? (Otherwise any Linux distribution is a gaming platform)

This post means that you simply don't grok the GP2X and the Pandora. Get a PSP and don't worry about this thread.

There is a armel port of Debian.
http://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiPort

repo:
deb http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unstable main

Some apps work fine in OS2008. Other can't be installed because they break the dependencies of the Maemo packages

Whole debian even works on the 770

Thanks for the useful info. Spent some time talking to their OS guy yesterday and all I can share atm is that it will be 'as open as possible'.

This devvice is looking better all the time, I can really afford about 1 gadget a year and right now this may edge out that GOW SE. RED PSP slim coming out in a couple of months.

I'm really ready to see/hear some "ANY" news on the next NIT, but it'll be a definate miss if Nok cooninues to put the friggin D-pad (and other useful buttons) on the slide oout tray and not on the front/sides/top etc. like the was on the 770 & N800.

And Asus with their EEE Pc (as funny as this may sound I'm in the current beliefe that the Asus is less cheaper look-feel overall then the Everex Cloudbook) seems to be looking more of a possibility if things don't start a changing on the NIT front.

I currently have my N800, Nintendo DS Lite, GBA-SP. GBA-Micro, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PS2, dreamcast and a Pantech DUO smartphone, (nice phone but the MS mobile platform is horrible) a P4 XP mach and a core2 duo Vista mach. (Vista's more trouble then it's worth some days)

And from all accts they'll be a new Nintendo handheld coming out before the end of the year and also look to expect v3 of the Zune (finally) to go with the rescent announcement (finally again !) they'll be bringing "some" Xbox live arcade titles along with XNA games as well, Also still up in the air with MS' live anywhere service/feature to tie in with mobile gaming across many platforms, phones (smart), PAD'd, and still a slight chance MS will still (finally) release their own HH gaming device.

On certain times and day'sI think I shoulda jumped on the Apple puppet wagoon and gotten an iPhone but since already having an N800 at their launch it judt wasn't a good enough fit for me.

Sometimes it's nice too grab your tech and actually be able to just use it and it'd work.

And I'm still looking for that elusive 1 gadget to rule them all but I just don't see anything currently on the horrizon. :-C It just gets really difficult knowing I'll only be able to get 1 "new" gadget for the year so the one that can provide me with the most(est) bang for the buck will probably get my long saved money for this year.

http://www.openpandora.org/blog.php

Oh snap, the PCB is pictured. Its coming to fruition Where is Karel!?

Sorry. I've been out, worshipping the God Craigix.

He likes bunnies...

Seems an unfortunate choice; if they'd gone debian-armel, it might be N900 compatible (with some extra libs installed on both, no doubt). The ability to one-shot port apps to both platforms would probably help both communities. Did you discuss that option with their OS guy?