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* '''There was a poll''' about the [http://doodle.com/sd2c8d8snr23eeqq distro people use] and [http://www.doodle.com/svvsubwnyn4zaxd3 what boot loader people use]. '''The most popular distro is SHR''' (over 6 times the users of the Openmoko distributions, followed by Debian Hackable:1 and Android) & bootloader is QI (over 2 times the users of uBoot) amongst the people who read the mailing lists etc and answered the poll. Most likely this is not reality amongst all users but shows where the majority of the community-active people are.
 
* '''There was a poll''' about the [http://doodle.com/sd2c8d8snr23eeqq distro people use] and [http://www.doodle.com/svvsubwnyn4zaxd3 what boot loader people use]. '''The most popular distro is SHR''' (over 6 times the users of the Openmoko distributions, followed by Debian Hackable:1 and Android) & bootloader is QI (over 2 times the users of uBoot) amongst the people who read the mailing lists etc and answered the poll. Most likely this is not reality amongst all users but shows where the majority of the community-active people are.
 
* '''Qalee''' started new website on http://www.qalee.org/.
 
* '''Qalee''' started new website on http://www.qalee.org/.
* IDA Systems has announced buzz fix for Indian customers. Currently, the situation is totally unplanned. Please follow this mail http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-September/054310.html to get more idea.
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* IDA Systems had announced buzz fix for Indian customers on Apr 20th. These days there has been some activities regarding the same. Currently, the situation is totally unplanned. Please follow this mail http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-September/054310.html to get more idea. We think there would more users of FR that want this fix done in India. Please do reply on the mentioned email thread as well.
We think there would more users of FR that want this fix done in India.
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==Event News==

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Contents

Period 2009-08-19 to 2009-09-02

Distributions

Qtmokomain.png QT Moko

QT moko is debian distribution for Openmoko Freerunner phone. Phone and user interface is based on QT Extendeded formerly known as Qtopia. As for the speed, this image is finally fast and responsive and i think it's very usable. This time I will leave testing on you - hopefully nothing nasty crept in. If you wonder where are V7 images - they do not exist. Credits to everybody who helped with this release. Changes from previous version:

  • UI is much faster (by fixing bug with opened accelerators.)
  • Bluetooth works again (thanks to Bartłomiej Zimoń)
  • Upgraded kernel to latest andy-tracking
  • Fixed small font size in X
  • Fixed AUX to work again when QX ends up
  • Fixed compiling on newer gcc
  • Added support of uploading screenshots to scap.linuxtogo.org
  • QtMaze - updated to version 1.1 (various fixes, new level added)
  • Fixes in package manager
  • Howto for building debian based rootfs is now in GIT [1]


Codename: 'V8'
Homepage: http://activationrecord.net/radekp/qtmoko/
Image: images

{{{Works}}}


Applications

New Applications

System boot.png appraw

appraw is a small C tool for patching .desktop files to make apps be launched via fsoraw (to prevent automatic screen dimming and suspending). It can be used in various distribution enhancing scripts or just to make freshly installed app fsoraw-enabled. Changes can be easyly reverted.


Homepage: http://github.com/Sektor/appraw/
Package: appraw
Tested on: SHR


System boot.png Advanced Geocaching Tool for Linux 0.1.0

AGTL makes geocaching paperless! It downloads cache locations in the area visible on the map including their description, hints, difficulty levels and images. Searching for caches in your local db is a matter of seconds. The currently selected cache is shown on the map (and also all the others if you want) and there's a traditional compass-like view that always points at the cache. A manual exists on the wiki.


Homepage: http://www.opkg.org/package_268.html
Package: advancedcaching
Tested on: OM2009T5, SHR


Application Updates

System boot.png Exampleapp 0.0.1

Exampleapp 0.0.1 is an application to do some stuff...

  • new example feature 1
  • new example feature 2


Homepage: http://wiki.openmoko.org/
Package: Exampleapp
Tested on: Om2009T5,Om2008.8,SHR


Community

  • After some deliberation and input from the community Angus Ainslie decided to stop maintaining Om2009 and start work on getting Paroli to co-exist in SHR. General instructions on how to run Paroli in SHR are on the Paroli wiki page.
  • There was a poll about the distro people use and what boot loader people use. The most popular distro is SHR (over 6 times the users of the Openmoko distributions, followed by Debian Hackable:1 and Android) & bootloader is QI (over 2 times the users of uBoot) amongst the people who read the mailing lists etc and answered the poll. Most likely this is not reality amongst all users but shows where the majority of the community-active people are.
  • Qalee started new website on http://www.qalee.org/.
  • IDA Systems had announced buzz fix for Indian customers on Apr 20th. These days there has been some activities regarding the same. Currently, the situation is totally unplanned. Please follow this mail http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-September/054310.html to get more idea. We think there would more users of FR that want this fix done in India. Please do reply on the mentioned email thread as well.

Event News

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  • Take a moment and look at Discussion page to get a clue on how to contribute to Community Updates while following OM wiki editing guidelines please.
  • Please fill in everything you think the community should know.
  • On 2009-09-02 this content will be _moved_ to http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Community_Updates/2009-09-02, feel free to do it.
  • Post a note about CU release on the community mailing list.


Period 2009-08-19 to 2009-09-02

Distributions

Qtmokomain.png QT Moko

QT moko is debian distribution for Openmoko Freerunner phone. Phone and user interface is based on QT Extendeded formerly known as Qtopia. As for the speed, this image is finally fast and responsive and i think it's very usable. This time I will leave testing on you - hopefully nothing nasty crept in. If you wonder where are V7 images - they do not exist. Credits to everybody who helped with this release. Changes from previous version:

  • UI is much faster (by fixing bug with opened accelerators.)
  • Bluetooth works again (thanks to Bartłomiej Zimoń)
  • Upgraded kernel to latest andy-tracking
  • Fixed small font size in X
  • Fixed AUX to work again when QX ends up
  • Fixed compiling on newer gcc
  • Added support of uploading screenshots to scap.linuxtogo.org
  • QtMaze - updated to version 1.1 (various fixes, new level added)
  • Fixes in package manager
  • Howto for building debian based rootfs is now in GIT [1]


Codename: 'V8'
Homepage: http://activationrecord.net/radekp/qtmoko/
Image: images

{{{Works}}}


Applications

New Applications

System boot.png appraw

appraw is a small C tool for patching .desktop files to make apps be launched via fsoraw (to prevent automatic screen dimming and suspending). It can be used in various distribution enhancing scripts or just to make freshly installed app fsoraw-enabled. Changes can be easyly reverted.


Homepage: http://github.com/Sektor/appraw/
Package: appraw
Tested on: SHR


System boot.png Advanced Geocaching Tool for Linux 0.1.0

AGTL makes geocaching paperless! It downloads cache locations in the area visible on the map including their description, hints, difficulty levels and images. Searching for caches in your local db is a matter of seconds. The currently selected cache is shown on the map (and also all the others if you want) and there's a traditional compass-like view that always points at the cache. A manual exists on the wiki.


Homepage: http://www.opkg.org/package_268.html
Package: advancedcaching
Tested on: OM2009T5, SHR


Application Updates

System boot.png Exampleapp 0.0.1

Exampleapp 0.0.1 is an application to do some stuff...

  • new example feature 1
  • new example feature 2


Homepage: http://wiki.openmoko.org/
Package: Exampleapp
Tested on: Om2009T5,Om2008.8,SHR


Community

  • After some deliberation and input from the community Angus Ainslie decided to stop maintaining Om2009 and start work on getting Paroli to co-exist in SHR. General instructions on how to run Paroli in SHR are on the Paroli wiki page.
  • There was a poll about the distro people use and what boot loader people use. The most popular distro is SHR (over 6 times the users of the Openmoko distributions, followed by Debian Hackable:1 and Android) & bootloader is QI (over 2 times the users of uBoot) amongst the people who read the mailing lists etc and answered the poll. Most likely this is not reality amongst all users but shows where the majority of the community-active people are.
  • Qalee started new website on http://www.qalee.org/.
  • IDA Systems has announced buzz fix for Indian customers. Currently, the situation is totally unplanned. Please follow this mail http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-September/054310.html to get more idea.

We think there would more users of FR that want this fix done in India.

Event News