Introduction: Background

The Linux7k project is an effort to port the widely used Linux kernel to the Psion Series 5 and later pocket computers.

So far the team has ported the Linux 2.2.1 Kernel to the Series 5 and Geofox One and created Arlo and several initial RAMdisks (initrd) for the project. Work then stalled for a while as Psion were slow to release hardware information for later machines, but is now progressing again with the 2.4.1 kernel now booting on a Series 5mx.