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Add news to this page, and from time to time we will issue a community update.

Watch these links:
* Git logs: [http://git.openmoko.org/?p=kernel.git;a=log;h=stable kernel/stable], [http://git.openmoko.org/?p=kernel.git;a=log;h=stable-tracking kernel/stable-tracking], [http://git.openmoko.org/?p=qtopia.git;a=log;h=master Qtopia/master], [http://git.openmoko.org/?p=openmoko.git;a=summary Openmoko's OpenEmbedded], [http://git.openmoko.org/?p=u-boot.git;a=log;h=stable uboot/stable], [http://git.openmoko.org/?p=qi.git;a=log Qi/master]
* Mailing lists: [http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-f528196 hardware], [http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-f528196 devel], [http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-f1954 community], [http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-f681789 kernel], [http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-f528183 support], [http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-f832940 SHR devel], [http://lists.projects.openmoko.org/pipermail/fdom-development/ FDOM devel]
* [http://projects.openmoko.org/ Project news].

How are newsletters organized elsewhere:
http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-October/032628.html

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== Applications ==

New:
* [http://www.opkg.org/package_58.html OpenTTD]. An open source clone of the popular Transport Tycoon Deluxe game.

Updated:
* [[TwitterMoko]] O.4. Packaging improvements following suggestions by experienced Debian Dev.
* [[Gpsdcontrol]] 0.4. A Python script to turn on/off gpsd and gps antenna from the desktop. Add: icon changes to show GPS system state.

== Distributions ==

* Koolu's Android git is online at http://git.koolu.org/. Look like this tree is maintained by Brian Code, but then who is Sean McNeil is working for ?
* The [[Debian]] wiki page needs (had, CJW?) a good cleanup. 

== Community ==
* Android really jumped up in the hit-parade of the [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wiki_statistic_numbers#November.2C_2008 most popular pages].
* By popular demand, Openmoko opened a virtual [http://www.cafepress.com/openmoko_inc merchandise store] online. Everybody is invited to post cool t-shirts design.  Profits will go to bounties and other programs to aid the community.
* The FreeRunner is on the cover of December's [http://www.lfymag.com/index.asp?id=13 Linux for You] magazine.
* The community is trying out the bounty system at [http://cofundos.org/projects.php?tag=openmoko cofundos.org]. As a start, there is one offer for the accelerated X driver, but media player, volume control/mixer, wifi network manager have also been discussed. This is still a social experiment. We need help and more discussion to define the bounties and claim conditions more precisely.