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What is LinkStart and why should I use it?
LinkStart is an application manager. It allows you to move applications to
expansion cards and run them transparently as if they were on the device.
It may take a little longer for application to start from the card, depending
on the size of application and its data, but you save precious RAM space!
Yes, modern PalmOS versions can do
it too, but they come with a lot of limitations, for example, there is no way
to categorize card applications in PalmOS launcher. There are other
disadvantages and limitations as well. Linkstart takes a different approach.
It creates a small link application that looks exactly like the original one
in the launcher and can be treated as the original application. When this link
is launched it loads the original application from card, launches it, waits till
it quits, and saves application data back to card.
Yes, there is software that overcomes some PalmOS limitations in similar way,
but it has its own problems. In LinkStart there is a way to control how
an application behaves when it starts or quits. Here is a list of differences
in how major operations are performed by LinkStart and its competitors:
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Competitors |
LinkStart |
| Start application from card |
Copy application and all databases from card to RAM and launch the application.
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Additionaly you can specify which databases need to be copied and when. For example,
if you have a dictionary application and 10 dictionaries, you can
tell LinkStart that you need only 3 out of those 10. You can also keep some
databases or application in RAM and load some databases from card. It is
also possible to delete unwanted databases, like cache or history data.
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Applicaton quits, data needs to be saved back to card |
Look for application databases that were modified and save
all of them back to card.
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Additionaly you can specify what to do with each database when application
quits. For example, you can tell LinkStart that a cache data does not need
to be copied and may be left in RAM or deleted. This speeds up launching and
quitting process, and also extends the life of your card that may have limited
number of write cycles.
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| Move application from RAM to card |
Look for application databases using creator ID and move
all of them to card.
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Same default behavior. LinkStart also features support for applications
that use more than one creator ID. You can explicitly specify which databases belong
to the application and how they should be handled when application starts or quits.
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| Link management |
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LinkStart allows you to define how link applications look like, whether they
need to be backed up or share category names, et cetera.
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Moreover, LinkStart Lite is a free software and it offers more than its
commercial comperitors. For advanced users we offer LinkStart Pro which allows
you to edit link applications. It is also packed with features that you may or may not need.
See what other people think about LinkStart. A thorough apples-to-apples comparison
between LinkStart and competitive applications was
conducted by palmloyal.com.
See all the choices and choose the best!
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