Ahhh, once again I return to my "echo chamber" here at HPC:Factor!
I recall that thread back in ? 2005 and that fellow posting for months trying to get Linux to work on the Jornada 720... 90% of the time he's talking to himself or so it seemed to me re-reading that "locked thread" yet he was quite the trailblazer and now his dream is very real, even if it took over a decade and a half to bring his efforts to fruitions.
And in that spirit of his... I carry on sharing the excitement of each new nugget of gold i discover. Fools Gold perhaps... but no less precious to me, IMO, and you lucky souls get the chance to share in it! Torment or not included
The auto-ssh login is really slick! Months ago I described in another thread how it used to take what seemed like 30 steps, multiple ID and password entries in fluxbox, etc to get internet browser access... ugh! seems like light years ago, well not quite as that is a measure of distance not time... ok the distant past...
FYI, I prefer to auto-ssh right into Firefox browser because Real VNC viewer requires extra steps to maximize and then select your host
(although it does bring up the complete desktop... not just a browser as with firefox.
Another advantage of Firefox is the "ctrl + up arrow" takes you to the top of the page, whereas "ctrl + down arrow" speeds you to the bottom where you often find the option for the desktop version of the webpage instead of the mobile version, for example with wikipedia or audible.com. something not available with Chrome browser. It's really snappy too!
Firefox opens in it's own X-forwarded window, whereas the newer stock RasPi chrome browser requires the full vnc desktop
(older versions of RasPi Chrome if you can find 'em used to open in an X- window
).
Further, Firefox is easier on the cpu and wifi power consumption so browsing/blogging for 3 hours with WPA wifi card can be the norm
(more like 2hours with VNC full desktop.
You can see the difference in the cpu and network meters showing on the IceWM taskbar
).
Later, I will review the keyboard shortcuts for both, such as "ctrl +" and "ctrl - " to resize text and images
(basically Zoom in or out
)works for both browsers and is very handy... especially when trying to click on that tiny "edit" button
(not that I ever need to use it
).
I am always amazed how readable the tiny fonts are on the Jornada screen... somewhere near 21 lines of text! Great when viewing those rainfall weather tables, integrated circuit data sheets, etc.
The saga continues.... more later, my friends...
joval on his itty-bitty fonted J720/WPA/Raspi3B+/Auto-SSH/Firefox "Highly-bred" HPC
Edited by joval 2022-01-12 3:10 AM