Just picked up my Blackberry Pearl 8130 a few hours ago - after finding this list last evening and confirming Linux compatibility. Also acquired a UTStarcom/Franklin UM-150AL USB Wireless card, which is also Linux compatible.

I have been using Puppy Linux for several years, terrific distro. I settled on Puppy after trying a ton of others. Two new features include compatibility with Slackware apps and what are called ".pup's" What this means is that when you want to add a new app you find where someone has packaged it into a "foobar.pup" and just click on it - it autoloads!

Puppy is at Version 3.01 and there are dozens of "Puplets", spin-offs optimized for various specialization, e.g. TEENPup, ChurchPup, GrapPup, etc.

A parallel development is Version 4.x which is stripped down to an absolute minimum upon which one may build a super-customized "Puplet".

Merry CHRIST-mas to all from sunny Florida! doc