Actually, this project is what got me involved in the Squeak porting effort to begin
with.

When the linux-7k folks started discussing GUIs, a number of candidates came up (I
originally proposed Tcl/Tk because of the large body of portable applications) and
someone mentioned Squeak.  Because I have been involved with Smalltalk for years, I
didn't know why I hadn't thought of it first - not only is it a GUI, but a
development system and a quick way to implement all the PDA applications that I
would lose by switching from EPOC to Linux.

However, the current state of linux-7k is not robust enough to support Squeak, in my
opinion.  It doesn't boot reliably and, like you, I am not thrilled to risk wiping
my C: drive clean.  Some folks have reported having to take all the batteries out of
the Psion and let it stand overnight in order to recover from a lock-up.  Even if I
had a second Psion to play with, I would want the operating system to at least be
stable enough to let me distinguish between an OS failure and a Squeak failure.

All things considered, I think EPOC Squeak would be more likely to be downloaded and
installed than linux-7k Squeak because it can coexist with the PDA applications.
For testing purposes (and Squeak evangelism) we need to appeal to the largest
possible audience.

Ed

Dean_Swan at Mitel.COM wrote:

>
> P.S. Tim: Have you and Ed thought of trying Linux 7k?  I've thought about it,
> but I'd have to get another machine, as it doesn't peacefully coexist with an
> EPOC environment, and I just depend on EPOC too much.