[maemo-developers] Beagleboard touchscreens?

[From: David Greaves]

Murray Cumming wrote:
> I'm going to buy some BeagleBoards for the Openismus office.
> http://beagleboard.org/
> I'd like to try installing Maemo 5 on them, which I believe is possible,
> and which will be a learning experience.
> 
> I hear that Mer can be used with a mouse instead of just a touchscreen,
> but I'd like to install Maemo as intended, so I think we'll need
> touchscreen displays. So does anyone know of any touchscreen hardware
> that will definitely work with beagleboard and Maemo?

Hmmm

For a few dollars more you could get a cheap SmartQ 5/7, install Mer on it,
disable Mer and run VNC or just remote X.

presto... untethered display (or use a USB cable for that 20th century feel)

David

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