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− | Please fill in everything you think the community should know. On 25th June this content will be moved to http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Community_Updates/June_25%2C_2009, FEEL FREE TO DO IT on 25th, also post a note on the community mailing list!
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− | ====='''Period May 22nd to June 25th, 2009'''=====
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− | ==Important==
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− | ''FIXME, I'm placing this here to evidence such important thingh, please reorganize, complete and above all correct my english.''
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− | On June 2nd, Sean Moss-Pultz (CEO of OpenMoko) announced a major change in the OpenMoko world: the development of open phones was discontinued by Openmoko Inc. It will be assigned to the Community, so '''everybody''' is called to participate in this big challenge: make the project survive and grow!
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− | The complete transition will happen in the next months.
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− | In the mean time the new course is beginning to move, FSO team is looking for funding and continues development, we should expect 5.5 release in few days, the same for Paroli, 4 new developers are able to improve and maintain the kernel, but a lot of help is needed. Every contribution is important to realize the transition, so organization experts, developers, system administrators, testers, translators, wiki editors are welcome to get involved!
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− | See http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-June/048903.html and http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Community_transition
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− | ==Distributions==
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− | * '''[[Om 2009]]''' - There have been new additions to features and bug fixes to the last image. The latest testing release-5 for June 16th is available [http://downloads.openmoko.org/distro/testing/NeoFreerunner/ here]
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− | * '''[http://panicking.kicks-ass.org/download/ Android]''' - Michael Trimarchi, aka Panicking, released a new image of the ''Cupcake'' version of Android (1.5). He is now concentrating on integrating Glamo chip so we can expect smoother video response soon.
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− | *[http://http://freerunner.android.koolu.com/Home '''Koolu'''] has released a very workable Beta 7 of '''Android'''. They have simplified he installation procedure, and use Qi as the bootloader. Michael's (and others) work is integrated in their release and now Neo Freerunner is a Mobile Phone. Results of ongoing tests can be found at [[Android usage]]
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− | * '''[[Mer]]''' an is a new distributions based on [http://wiki.maemo.org Maemo] Mer is being ported to Freerunner, thanks to the support of [http://www.eshopen.com Eshopen] distributor of OpenMoko in Italy, by Vincenzo Ampolo (goshawk) and Carsten M. Munk (Stskeep). They are now concentrating on a finger friendly keyboard fit for the different screensize, and the integration of FSO.
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− | ==Applications==
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− | ===New Applications===
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− | * '''[http://openbossa.indt.org/canola/ Canola]''' is a media center like application for Nokia Tablets. It's intended to be a very simple and fast way of consuming media from the device or the Internet. Canola was originally developed for the maemo platform and was open sourced recently. For additional information on feeds, install, etc. look at this [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-June/049530.html thread]
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− | * '''[http://www.opkg.org/package_232.html Literki 0.0.1]''' - "Literki is full qwerty keyboard with configurable layout, optimized for terminal use. The keys are big enough for everyday use with your fat fingers."
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− | * '''[http://example.url.com Exampleapp 0.0.1]''' - description
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− | ===Application Updates===
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− | * '''[http://shr-project.org/trac Czech translation of SHR]''' - czech translation of the libframeworkd-phonegui-efl - the core of SHR Dialer, Messages and Contacts - has been created. SHR Settings is now also translated. This is all available in the SHR-Unstable build.
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− | * '''[http://www.nongnu.org/qwo qwo 0.5]''' - New release, added support for color customisation and bug fixes.
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− | * '''[http://code.google.com/p/omgps/ omgps 0.1]''' - New release, bug fixes, slightly UI changes.
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− | * '''[http://example.url.com Exampleapp 0.0.1]''' - description
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− | ** new examplefeature
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− | ==Community==
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− | Most important and change making mails on the mailing lists, blogs etc.. Coolest hacks, screenshots, themes etc..
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− | Remember - you only have until July 15, 2009 to take advantage of the
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− | SDG Systems & Koolu buzz-fix program. This may be the only formal
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− | buzz-fix program for owners in the US. See
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− | http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-June/049041.html
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− | for details.
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− | * [[RuiSeabra]] is developping an [http://identi.ca/ Identi.ca] client at http://code.google.com/p/elmdentica (not yet released, though, only through subversion)
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− | ==Event News==
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− | * '''2009-mm-dd''' [http://example.url.xom Example event] | add your event here
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− | [[Category:Community Update]]
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