[arch-general] iPad - FLOSS on the iPad - data transfer between an Arch PC and an iPad

[Jelle van der Waa]

On Jan 27, 2012 2:53 PM, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
>
> Hi :)
>
> I won a MC770FD/A iPad 2 Wi-Fi 32GB Black. I'm uncertain if I should
> retain or sell it. The iPad was delivered today and I still didn't
> configure it. I don't need all those consumer toys and I don't like
> proprietary software, especially I don't like Apple regarding to the
> company's policy.
>
> It would be nice to have something for reading, instead of wasting money
> for ink cartridges, if I won't sit in front of my PC's monitor.

I would rather buy an e reader for reading . Most of them work with calibre.

> an iPad could be useful for drawing. Running Qt linguist also would be
> comfortable to do translations, when I won't sit in front of my PC's
> monitor. Additionally it would be good to have a portable audio
> recorder, since my DAT recorders are broken.
>
> Believing information from the Internet, running Linux on the iPad 2
> shouldn't be possible and even original Linux apps that are available
> for MacOs shouldn't work on an iPad too.
>
> I wonder if Qt linguist and some FLOSS audio software would run on an
> iPad under it's iPad OS?
>
> Since my PC has got a wired connection to an ADSL modem (PPPoE), the PCI
> slots are used by 2 TerraTec EWX 24/96 cards used as MIDI interfaces and
> the PCIe slots are used for a RME HDSPe AIO card for audio and a GeForce
> 7200GS graphics, I only could connect the iPad by USB to the PC and
> Internet, because there are no free slots on my mobo.
>
> Because I never used Wi-Fi or Bluetooth I wonder if those elCheapo USB
> 2.0 solutions will work with kernel ex 3.0-rt or at least with kernel ex
> 3.2 without rt patch.
>
>
http://www.reichelt.de/WLAN-Adapter/0/16/index.html?;ACTION=2;LA=2;GROUPID=770;SID=13TyKWTH8AAAIAADxiRjke9dfa8a88a9e2044f346f70b4c26a4ce
> http://www.reichelt.de/index.html?ACTION=2;GROUPID=4321;SEARCH=Bluetooth
>
> Any hints are welcome,
>
> Ralf
>