Although there are emerging some Linux-based handheld organizers, most of the Linux-ness is hidden from view. With the IPAQ, we get a machine capable of running a full-fledge Debian distribution, notably the ?StrongArm Distribution, or "Arm" for short.

Compaq actually hosts a [ site http://www.handhelds.org ] for developers porting Linux to the IPAQ, but the Debian-based distribution in question is called Intimate, which they also host at http://intimate.handhelds.org .

They also host their own Wiki site at http://www.handhelds.org/z/wiki/HandheldsWiki for documentation.