View source for Community Updates/2010-01-14

====='''Period 2010-01-01 to 2010-01-14'''=====

==Introduction==

==Distributions==
{{DistributionBox|
Name=Distro Name [version]|
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Screenshot=System_boot.png|
Codename='codename'|
Homepage=http://www.homepage.org|
Image=[http://www.homepage.org/path/to/ images]|
Works={{Works}}
}}

==Applications== 

===New Applications===
{{ApplicationBox|
Name=Elm-Browser 1.0_r0.4|
Description=This is an initial release of a very fast, finger friendly webkit-efl / elementary based browser.
* finger scrolling
* double-click to zoom in
* triple click to zoom out (not working as of now - help needed)
* layout optimised for max viewing space|
Screenshot=Browser-c_c.png|
Homepage=http://elm-browser.googlecode.com|
TestedOn=SHR-Unstable|
PackageName=[http://elm-browser.googlecode.com/files/browser_1.0-r0.4_armv4t.ipk browser_1.0-r0.4_armv4t.ipk]
}}

{{ApplicationBox|
Name=rtmom 0.1| 
Description=rtmom is a Python client for [http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ RememberTheMilk]. It is based on Elementary.
* Currently, rtmom is more or less read-only:
** you can download and display your tasks and 
** you may mark a task as complete
** no editing or creating of tasks yet implemented
* Check [http://wiki.github.com/kichkasch/rtmom/end-user wiki] for installation and usage.|
Screenshot=Rtmom.png|
Homepage=http://freshmeat.net/projects/rtmom|
TestedOn=SHR-Testing|
PackageName=[http://cloud.github.com/downloads/kichkasch/rtmom/rtmom_0.1_armv4t.ipk rtmom]
}}

{{ApplicationBox|
Name=Openmokontrol 0.1|
Description=Openmokontrol is a CLI-controlled application for the Freerunner to send input events to a remote X11 server caused by accelerometer events, well usable for games.|
Screenshot=System_boot.png|
Homepage=http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/openmokontrol|
TestedOn=SHR-Unstable,Hackable:1|
PackageName=[http://www.opkg.org/packages/0_openmokontrol_0.1_arm.ipk Openmokontrol]
}}

{{ApplicationBox|
Name=[[QCurrency]] 0.1|
Description=Christian Rüb developed QCurrency. It is a simple currency calculator, with save exchange rate capability.|
Screenshot=Qcurrency.png|
Homepage=http://git.senfdax.de/?p=qcurrency;a=summary|
TestedOn=SHR|
PackageName=[http://openmoko.senfdax.de/shr-new-unstable/qcurrency_0.1-r1.4_armv4t.ipk qcurrency]
}}

{{ApplicationBox|
Name=MKPRN 0.3|
Description=MKPRN is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPN_calculator Reverse Polish Notation] calculator. Currently it is in early stage of development. Suggestions and feature requests are welcome.|
Screenshot=MKPRN_v0.2.png|
Homepage=http://glitch.tl/mkrpn.html|
TestedOn=?|
PackageName=http://opkg.glitch.tl/mkrpn_0.2_arm.ipk mkprn]
}}

{{ApplicationBox|
Name=qspectemu|
Description=Radek Polak have just finished porting of Miklos Szeredi's [http://www.inf.bme.hu/~mszeredi/spectemu/ spectemu] - A Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for Linux/UNIX, to Qt on Freerunner. It's now in QtMoko package feed if you want to try it or you can compile from sources for your favourite distro. The main work was port to Qt, possibility to use touchscreen and creating GUI for loading/saving snapshots and creating mouse/touchscreen bindings. For QtMoko you will need [http://activationrecord.net/radekp/qtmoko/download/experimental/uImage-v17.bin v17] kernel to get decent speed. Emulator can now do following:
*download my favourite games from internet
*load/save snapshot
*define custom on screen locations for spectrum keys
*rotate, qvga
*vibrate to notice if pressed border location of two keys
*use virtual keyboard for input (longer press requited for some games)
*autocorrect on screen key location during game playing|
Screenshot=System_boot.png|
Homepage=http://activationrecord.net/radekp/qspectemu/|
TestedOn=QtMoko|
PackageName=QSpectemu binares are included in [http://activationrecord.net/radekp/qtmoko/ QtMoko] default package feed, sources are in [http://github.com/radekp/spectemu GIT] repository.
}}

{{ApplicationBox|
Name=qspectemu 0.0.1|
Description=Exampleapp 0.0.1 is an application to do some stuff..|
Screenshot=System_boot.png|
Homepage=http://wiki.openmoko.org/|
TestedOn=SHR-Unstable,Om2009T5|
PackageName=[http:// www.some.srv/path_to/Exampleapp.ipk Exampleapp]
}}

===Application Updates===

{{ApplicationBox|
Name=Exampleapp 0.0.1|
Description=Exampleapp 0.0.1 is an application to do some stuff..|
Screenshot=System_boot.png|
Homepage=http://wiki.openmoko.org/|
TestedOn=SHR-Unstable,Om2009T5|
PackageName=[http:// www.some.srv/path_to/Exampleapp.ipk Exampleapp]
}}

{{ApplicationBox|
Name=SpojeGUI|
Description=SpojeGUI is GUI program which use CLI program/modul [http://code.google.com/p/spoje/ spoje.py] which is used mainly for Czech and Slovak transport.
* Save confing and link to DB. |
Screenshot=spojeguiV4.png|
Homepage=http://www.multi.mluv.cz/programovani/spojegui.html|
TestedOn=SHR-Testing|
PackageName=[http://data.multi.mluv.cz/spoje_0.4.0_all.ipk SpojeGUI]
}}

{{ApplicationBox|
Name=[[Podboy]] 1.2.0|
Description=Podboy is a podcast aggregator/player written in Python/Elementary. Its interface aims to be easy and finger friendly. It uses Feedparser Python module for download/parsing of podcast feeds, Gstreamer for playing of episodes and SQLite for storing data. Changes since version 1.0.0:
* New feature: possibility to show details of episodes before to play them via a new entry "Show Details" in the menu "Actions" of pages "Episodes" and "Downloads".
* New feature: update only the selected podcast in page "Downloads".
* New feature: episodes can now be tagged as "Ignore" in page "Downloads". All episodes with status "ignore" will be skip when the downloading of all episodes of a podcast will be requested.
* New feature: unplayed episodes can now be identified by a yellow star. Unplayed/played status of episodes can be manually toggled via a new entry "Toggle Played Status" in the menu "Actions" of page "Episodes".
* New feature: import of podcasts via an OPML file (new button "Import" in the page "Podcasts")
* Fixed occasionnaly incorrect display size of podcasts covers.|
Screenshot=Podboy.png|
Homepage=http://code.google.com/p/podboy/|
TestedOn=SHR-Unstable|
PackageName=[http://podboy.googlecode.com/files/podboy_1.2.0-r0_all.ipk podboy_1.2.0-r0_all.ipk]
}}

{{ApplicationBox|
Name=[[Literki]] 0.0.2-r6|
Description=Literki is a full qwerty keyboard with configurable layout, always transparent, therefore applications don't need to redraw screens and popup is therefore very fast. With literki comes the touchpad. With it use can use the bottom of the touchscreen to move a cursor around. You can then use left and right click with it. There are also four scroll buttons, which are useful if your application has very small scroll bars. Changes from previous version are:
*page up, page down keys work now
*$ key works now
*can toggle between opaque and transparent mode|
Screenshot=Literki.png|
Homepage=http://www.opkg.org/package_232.html|
TestedOn=SHR-Testing,SHR-Unstable|
PackageName=[http://pvtrace.com/~miki150/literki_0.0.2-r6_armv4t.ipk literki]
}}

==Community==

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

* '''Harald Welte''' is [http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2010/01/07/#20100107-gsm_devel_board-planning planning] to create a GSM development board based on 100% open hardware design and 100% free software. The initial focus is to create a board that behaves like a GSM cellphone. This could be interesting for the gta02-core project.

* Werner Almesberger posted another '''[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/gta02-core/2010-January/000808.html component update]''' note. It states that there are plenty of mechanical parts left but electrical parts are more of a problem. There seem to be some inconsistencies in the inventory, so some positions may still change. If you are able to rpovide project with with missing parts, take a look at '''[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/gta02-core/2010-January/000815.html full inventory list]''' and consult with Werner.

* Marc Andre Tanner made some boot time optimization with his '''[http://repo.or.cz/w/qi-bootmenu-system.git qi-bootmenu-system]''' and provided his latest [http://www.brain-dump.org/tmp/uImage-GTA02-bootmenu.bin kernel] build and slightly modified version of [http://www.brain-dump.org/tmp/qi-s3c2442-bootmenu.udfu Qi], although it isn't strictly necessary. You can read more about [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.handhelds.openmoko.devel/4434 qi-bootmenu] or about [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/openmoko-kernel/2009-December/010778.html boot time optimization]

* '''SHR update:''' 

[[SHR]] is a community driven GNU/Linux distribution for smartphones and
is the most popular Operating System for the Freerunner. It has not
made a stable release yet, but enjoys continuous development, and this
is an update on all the great work that has been done recently.
Unstable and testing images are available for both the Freerunner, and
Neo 1973. 

A list of [http://lists.shr-project.org/pipermail/shr-devel/2010-January/001800.html notable updates]:

A substantial FSO upgrade is hitting SHR. The reimplementation of FSO
API's in Vala is progressing, and is providing significant improvements
in speed. Specifically, SHR-U now features fsodeviced, fsousaged and
fsonetworkd. The upgrade also introduces a more elegant system of
separate configuration files for each daemon in etc/freesmartphone/*. 

Images are now available for ubifs, in addition to jffs and ext. [[Ubifs]]
[http://www.mail-archive.com/shr-user@lists.shr-project.org/msg02603.html promises] improved performance, as well as smarter logic of uSD wear.

The discussion about faster kernels is also affecting SHR;
(MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE) is already pushed in. Experimental kernels
(2.6.29-rc3-drm, 2.6.31, 2.6.32) are available for testing at:
http://build.shr-project.org/tests/mrmoku/kms/images/om-gta02/

==Event News==

* '''2009-01-19''' Next Cyclic '''Openmoko "Stammtisch" meeting''' in Munich, Germany takes place at 19:00 local time. This time Dr. Mickey "FSO" Lauer has planned to visit. A location as usuall is "Die Wildsau", Balanstrasse 121, 81549 München. Please register yourself through [http://www.doodle.com/sgsqrv46yinsmib4 doodle]

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