Then back up your desktop data, so that if you have problems while acclimating to your new software, you have a way to recover. As I said before, this stuff is all under development, so you'll need to proceed with a modicum of caution. Downloading Palm Stuff from the Internet One of the great advantages of Palm devices over other digital organizers is the ability to install additional programs and databases. You can get everything from games to Web browsers to dictionaries to electronics references to diver's charts for nothing, or next to nothing, from the Internet. Program and document files for Palm devices generally end with prc.
Data files end with pdb and are generally available from the same sources as program files.
If the program or document is self-contained, it might be made available as a prc file. Often, though, other files are included and all of the files are packaged into a single archive file. These are usually tagged with a zip suffix. However they are packaged, they can be downloaded by a Web browser or FTP client. Linux systems archives are usually built of a directory and some underlying files and subdirectories.