[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] external usb devices

[From: Karoliina T. Salminen]

ext Steffen Vogel wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I’m new here. I think it’s possible to connect a external usb-hdd to a 
> 770. It would be very useful for playing mp3s and watching videos.
>
> You could use a webcam or a keyboard.
>
There would be plenty of use for the usb host functionality. Ed 
mentioned something
about it, Ed, does it now work (automatically) without enabling it with 
the flasher or is the
situation still that it used to be?

> With a little web server you could host a website with live pictures 
> from your webcam.
>
> My pc is using win xp.
>
Time to upgrade to Ubuntu? ;)
http://www.ubuntulinux.org
Does not cost anything, is always up-to-date and you can run the 
scratchbox environment
on it too :).

> I’ve downloaded the live cd. It’s great but I think kde would be 
> better for this.
>
KDE is not so suitable for embedded devices currently as it is quite a 
resource eater.
On a desktop Linux it however is quite ok. I am using a combination of
KDE programs on a Gnome desktop, I have some favourite programs that I like
to use while I am using mainly Gnome desktop.


> But I can use virtual pc?
>
Why not. But why wouldn't you run Windows with e.g. vmware from Linux
if you really need to keep the Windows for some reason?

Best Regards,
Karoliina