Community Updates/2009-05-22

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==Distributions==
 
==Distributions==
  
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* '''[[Om 2009]]''' There has been new additions to features and bug fixes to the last image. The latest testing image for May 9th is available [http://downloads.openmoko.org/distro/testing/NeoFreerunner/ here]
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* '''[[Om 2009]]''' There have been new additions to features and bug fixes to the last image. The latest testing image for May 9th is available [http://downloads.openmoko.org/distro/testing/NeoFreerunner/ here]
  
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* '''[[Neovento]]''' (formerly FYP)  This release has some new features like Zhemes which allows you to change the Zhone/LXDE theme easily and also its less memory hungry than the ones before
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* '''[[Neovento]]''' (formerly FYP)  This release has some new features like Zhemes which allows you to change the Zhone/LXDE theme easily and also it's less memory hungry than the ones before
  
 
* '''[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-May/047147.html Hackable:1]''' now offers phone functionality and sms plus a full PIM suite consisting of contacts, calendar and todo list manager, plus a timesheet time tracker application and more.The detailed steps for installation are [http://www.hackable1.org/wiki/Installation here]
 
* '''[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-May/047147.html Hackable:1]''' now offers phone functionality and sms plus a full PIM suite consisting of contacts, calendar and todo list manager, plus a timesheet time tracker application and more.The detailed steps for installation are [http://www.hackable1.org/wiki/Installation here]
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* '''[http://www.opkg.org/package_186.html openBmap 0.3.0]''' The details of the release can be found [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-May/047514.html here]
 
* '''[http://www.opkg.org/package_186.html openBmap 0.3.0]''' The details of the release can be found [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-May/047514.html here]
  
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* '''[http://www.opkg.org/package_141.html MokoGeocaching 0.4]''' This is a litle gtk python script that searches the geocaching.com site for caches near your current position or a user specified lattitude and longitude and add the cache as a poi in tangogps.  
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* '''[http://www.opkg.org/package_141.html MokoGeocaching 0.4]''' This is a little gtk python script that searches the geocaching.com site for caches near your current position or a user specified lattitude and longitude and add the cache as a poi in TangoGPS.  
  
 
* '''[http://www.opkg.org/package_191.html PISI 0.2]''' Enhancements to calendar synchronization,contacts synchronization
 
* '''[http://www.opkg.org/package_191.html PISI 0.2]''' Enhancements to calendar synchronization,contacts synchronization
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*'''[http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/its-time-to-contribute-to-om2009-paroli/ It’s time to contribute to OM2009 & Paroli]''' Risto H. Kurppa makes a clear explanation on how and why contribute to the new Openmoko OS release.
 
*'''[http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/its-time-to-contribute-to-om2009-paroli/ It’s time to contribute to OM2009 & Paroli]''' Risto H. Kurppa makes a clear explanation on how and why contribute to the new Openmoko OS release.
  
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*'''[http://n2.nabble.com/New-Life-in-Openmoko-Phones-tt2934354ef1958.html New Live in Openmoko Phones]''' Wolfgang Spraul anounce another big step in opening the Openmoko Hardware publishing board outline, footprints and netlist under Creative Commons Share-Alike license. He also introduce the [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Gta02-core gta02-core project].
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*'''[http://n2.nabble.com/New-Life-in-Openmoko-Phones-tt2934354ef1958.html New Live in Openmoko Phones]''' Wolfgang Spraul announce another big step in opening the Openmoko Hardware publishing board outline, footprints and netlist under Creative Commons Share-Alike license. He also introduce the [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Gta02-core gta02-core project].
  
 
==Event News==
 
==Event News==

Revision as of 22:16, 20 May 2009

Contents

Period 01, May ~ 22, May, 2009

Distributions

  • Om 2009 There have been new additions to features and bug fixes to the last image. The latest testing image for May 9th is available here
  • Neovento (formerly FYP) This release has some new features like Zhemes which allows you to change the Zhone/LXDE theme easily and also it's less memory hungry than the ones before
  • Hackable:1 now offers phone functionality and sms plus a full PIM suite consisting of contacts, calendar and todo list manager, plus a timesheet time tracker application and more.The detailed steps for installation are here

Applications

New Applications

  • Podboy 0.0.1 - pre-alpha release is a podcast aggregator/player written in Python/Elementary
  • notifier 0.2 - This is a simple & great python application to remind you if you miss a call. It's really basic with no spectacular features. More features (Treviño patch) and discussions can be found here

Application Updates

  • MokoGeocaching 0.4 This is a little gtk python script that searches the geocaching.com site for caches near your current position or a user specified lattitude and longitude and add the cache as a poi in TangoGPS.
  • PISI 0.2 Enhancements to calendar synchronization,contacts synchronization
  • Mokomaze 0.5.1 with completely new physics and graphics engines is released. Packages can be downloaded here
  • Intone (0.51) Elementary based mplayer frontend. Discussions on the testing of this version can be found here

Community

  • FrOSCon 2009: Call for Participation The Free and Open Source Software Conference, an annual event held at the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany. The fourth edition of FrOSCon will take place on August 22nd/23rd 2009
  • Interview of Sean Moss-Pultz and Christopher Hall for Twit TV and FLOSS weekly
  • New Live in Openmoko Phones Wolfgang Spraul announce another big step in opening the Openmoko Hardware publishing board outline, footprints and netlist under Creative Commons Share-Alike license. He also introduce the gta02-core project.

Event News

  • 2009-05-22/24 FSOSHRUDCON'09 | Joint FSO/SHR Users and Developers Convention 2009 | to be held in Essen Horst Germany
  • 2009-07-02/05 LVEE 2009 | The 5th International conference of developers and users of free / open source software “Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe” to be held in Grodno (Belarus)
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Period 01, May ~ 22, May, 2009

Distributions

  • Om 2009 There has been new additions to features and bug fixes to the last image. The latest testing image for May 9th is available here
  • Neovento (formerly FYP) This release has some new features like Zhemes which allows you to change the Zhone/LXDE theme easily and also its less memory hungry than the ones before
  • Hackable:1 now offers phone functionality and sms plus a full PIM suite consisting of contacts, calendar and todo list manager, plus a timesheet time tracker application and more.The detailed steps for installation are here

Applications

New Applications

  • Podboy 0.0.1 - pre-alpha release is a podcast aggregator/player written in Python/Elementary
  • notifier 0.2 - This is a simple & great python application to remind you if you miss a call. It's really basic with no spectacular features. More features (Treviño patch) and discussions can be found here

Application Updates

  • MokoGeocaching 0.4 This is a litle gtk python script that searches the geocaching.com site for caches near your current position or a user specified lattitude and longitude and add the cache as a poi in tangogps.
  • PISI 0.2 Enhancements to calendar synchronization,contacts synchronization
  • Mokomaze 0.5.1 with completely new physics and graphics engines is released. Packages can be downloaded here
  • Intone (0.51) Elementary based mplayer frontend. Discussions on the testing of this version can be found here

Community

  • FrOSCon 2009: Call for Participation The Free and Open Source Software Conference, an annual event held at the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany. The fourth edition of FrOSCon will take place on August 22nd/23rd 2009
  • Interview of Sean Moss-Pultz and Christopher Hall for Twit TV and FLOSS weekly
  • New Live in Openmoko Phones Wolfgang Spraul anounce another big step in opening the Openmoko Hardware publishing board outline, footprints and netlist under Creative Commons Share-Alike license. He also introduce the gta02-core project.

Event News

  • 2009-05-22/24 FSOSHRUDCON'09 | Joint FSO/SHR Users and Developers Convention 2009 | to be held in Essen Horst Germany
  • 2009-07-02/05 LVEE 2009 | The 5th International conference of developers and users of free / open source software “Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe” to be held in Grodno (Belarus)