Community Updates/2010-12-01

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Period 2010-11-01 to 2010-11-30

Distributions

Debian-openlogo-480.png Debian GNU/Linux

Debian is a universal operating system used on many embedded devices, servers and home computers. Using Debian on the FreeRunner gives access to the huge army of software packaged in the Debian repositories, already compiled for the Neo's ARM(v4) processor. Moreover, one can build one's own source files for programs without having to learn the OpenEmbedded way. For an existing Debian/Ubuntu user, choosing Debian for Neo FreeRunner makes phone a very familiar, trustworthy and flexible place to hack in.

General news:

  • Second Openmoko specific Linux 2.6.34 kernel is available. Highlights:
    • EXT4 support, UbiFS support
    • GPS suspend handling patch from Gennady Kupava
    • Jitterless touch patch
    • CONFIG_HZ=100
    • Miscellaneous configuration wishes fulfilled


Codename: 'sid'
Homepage: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnFreeRunner
Image: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Debian

Hardware Works
Neo 1973 yes
FreeRunner yes
GTA04 ?
HTC-Dream yes
Other yes


Applications

New Applications

Micromoko.png Micromoko

Micromoko is a Twitter primarly for SHR/OE. It is written in C using Elementary, it has a builtin Twitter library. It's not available on SHR yet, you need to compile it manually. It depends on libmokosuite: http://gitorious.org/mokosuite2/libmokosuite


Homepage: http://gitorious.org/mokosuite2/micromoko
Package: sources
Tested on: SHR


Application Updates

Podboy.png Podboy 1.7.2

A podcast aggregator / player written in Python / Elementary.

  • New release due to Elementary API changes in Icon, List and Toolbar widgets (python-elementary revision >= 53901)


Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/podboy/wiki/Overview
Package: [1]
Tested on: SHR


Minneo.png Minneo 1.0.2

A classic Memory game

  • New release due to Elementary API changes in Icon, List and Toolbar widgets (python-elementary revision >= 53901)


Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/minneo/
Package: [2]
Tested on: SHR


Chroneo.png Chroneo 1.0.1

A Stopwatch and Timer

  • New release due to Elementary API changes in Icon, List and Toolbar widgets (python-elementary revision >= 53901)


Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/chroneo/
Package: [3]
Tested on: SHR


Neomis.png Neomis 1.0.3

A computer version of the well-known electronic game named Simon

  • New release due to Elementary API changes in Icon, List and Toolbar widgets (python-elementary revision >= 53901)


Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/neomis/
Package: [4]
Tested on: SHR


NeoTool.png NeoTool v1.3

NeoTool is a bash script for your desktop system to provide a friendly GUI frontend to some common management tasks, like for example flashing Openmoko smartphones. It is aimed at being very intuitive and easy to use, and flexible enough to make it useful in a wide variety of circumstances.

  • Added (broken) ubifs support per chris' patch


Homepage: http://users.on.net/~antisol/neotool
Package: [5]
Tested on: openSUSE / CentOS / Fedora / Mandriva / RHEL


General News

Most important and change making mails on the mailing lists, blogs etc.. Coolest hacks, screenshots, themes etc..

Event News

  • 2011-01-24 Mobile FOSS MiniConf at LCA2011 announced a call for papers that closes on Friday 22nd October 2010. So submit something about OpenMoko today!
  • 2011-02-05/06 FOSDEM 2011 calls for Main Speakers and Devrooms [6] that closes on Saturday 16th October 2010. So submit something about OpenMoko today!
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