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| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Source model | Open source |
| Latest release | v0.8.4 / / March, 2007 |
| Default user interface | OPIE,GPE |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Official website | familiar.handhelds.org |
Familiar Linux is a discontinuedLinux distribution foriPAQ devices and other personal digital assistants (PDAs),[1][2] intended as a replacement forWindows CE. It can use OPIE orGPE Palmtop Environment as the graphical user interface.
It is loosely based on theDebian ARM distribution, but uses the ipkg package manager.[3] It contained Python and XFree86.[4]
In May 2000, Alexander Guy took a kernel that had been worked on by Compaq programmers, built a complete Linux distribution around it, and released the first version of Familiar (v0.1).
The first version was released in May 2000.[5]
It was developed as part of the Handhelds.org project.[3]
According to a 2004 review by IBM developerWorks, Familiar Linux needed more polish and "could gain mass acceptance if adual-boot procedure were made possible".[6]
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