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When it arrives to acquiring a ghost writer, you need to acquire extremely strategic about whom you determine to pen your piece.http://www.monclervendendo.com/ , Writers, like everyone, see the planet utilizing their non-public exclusive perspective, jointly with their voice will arrive by utilizing loud and obvious within your work.http://www.kobhandtasker.com/ , So how can you start choosing the right ghost writer to string jointly the text message that will attract your visitors, talk your mind, connect your knowledge, tighten a relationship, or spark a romance? right here is critically a report of 10 issues that must acquire enquired and answered when interviewing ghost writer candidates.http://www.modembt.com/ ,
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== About distributions ==
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1.http://www.acheterenligneuggs.com/ , WHAT will be the primary VALUES? Your primary values will be the guiding rules that support you make choices over a every solitary day time schedule and define that which you really are a symbolic representation of like a dude or female and even a business. For instance, Walt Disney’s primary values are imagination and wholesomeness. The U.S. oxygen Force’s primary values are integrity, service, and excellence.Let me start by suggesting ours, and possibly they are able to attract some strategies for you.• candor — Holding ourselves accountable for the greatest conditions in almost everything every one of us do AND developing an atmosphere precisely where those people near to us are inspired to undertake precisely the same.• Brilliance — Nurturing an atmosphere precisely where brilliance could possibly be the all natural result.• Joy — owning enjoyment experiencing the bet on developing the business by delivering a exclusive voice on behalf of each and every solitary client.• Synergy — utilizing one of the most effective assets away from your client, the author, along using the assignment manager and fusing them jointly as this set moves in the direction of a standard goal.• ingenuity — Encouraging anybody who is element of our customs to take advantage of the hearts and minds to produce besides box by continually sparking thoughts, producing ideas, and stretching our cumulative brain.We start utilizing these primary values to steer our choices in ALL matters as often as possible. Actually, every one of us do almost everything we are able to to reside by them! after you determine your non-public primary values, you can start wanting to locate a ghost writer who shares them. Why? because a ghost writer who reflects your primary values is critically a ghost writer who compares the planet away from your comparable perspective. determining over a ghost writer with comparable primary values is going to produce composing in your behalf SO appreciably EASIER!2. possibly you have DETERMINED YOUR favored composing STYLE? completely different ghost writers have completely different variations by which they excel. if you actually desire to produce critically non-public composing that emotionally grabs individuals but you deliver in support who has an educational style, you’re going to invest considerable time pulling your mind of hair out and questioning why your ghost writer isn’t producing within a design that appeals to you. So when interviewing potential ghost writers, be optimistic you ask for good examples that are composed inside the design and design and design you’re after! a broad range of variations consist of personable, dramatic, inspirational, academic, factual, scientific, fun, humorous, intellectual, romantic, and technical.3. Which type of knowledge can you NEED? Just because you’ve found a ghost writer who pens exceptional content articles doesn’t imply you’ve found somebody who can compose exceptional brochure copy, product sales letters, strategic business plans, or fiction. apart from asking a ghost writer to go much more than their primary values and composing styles, be optimistic they reveal you sorts of preceding hold out that reflect their knowledge in precisely the kind of composed hold out which you need!4. WHAT’S IT probably to arranged you back? When discussing advertising price owning a brand recognize new ghost writer, inquire if they demand by utilizing the word, by utilizing the page, or on an hourly basis. Be skeptical of ghost writers who demand over the hour, as your expenses could possibly be driven upright. once they demand over the term or even the page, allow them know what your ceiling is and ask these mobile phones get in touch with you preceding to exceeding to limit. if you actually do not desire to evaluation budget, be really obvious jointly together with your new ghost writer in advance, letting them understand which they need to stick for the agreed upon web page count/word count.5. WHAT DELIVERABLES inside the event you EXPECT? could possibly be the ghost writer probably to deal with research, get ready an outline, provide several drafts, and utilize a proofreader to confirm the fact that document is error-free? (Forget spell-check; utilizing an outside and intent proofreader is imperative!) Be really particular about your expectations when negotiating your contract. Also, in circumstance you ask even more revisions, this could possibly be the time to predetermine the price. Know precisely what you’re acquiring for the money!6. On which TIMELINE could possibly be the GHOST writer going TO provide MATERIAL? It’s important which you create deadlines and that the ghost writer meets them. arranged particular dates when actually you presume each and every deliverable — from drafts to some last proofread version. Your arrangement must also outline what penalty will need place once the ghost writer is not in a placement to fulfill these deadlines.7. WILL THE GHOST writer provide even more composing SERVICES? If they are operating in your manuscript, are in addition they probably to support you compose your marketing copy, query letters, guide proposal, etc? It is crucial that the “voice” stay steady through your materials. if you actually have one ghost writer assembling your manuscript and an even more assembling your marketing duplicate — you risk confusing your potential customers/readers.8. WHAT type of associations DOES YOUR GHOST writer HAVE? Other than managing the inspiring part of your writing, does your ghost writer have business associations and strategic strategies that are already going to support you take advantage of your composing to produce income if that's what you're after? with regards to composing a manuscript or possibly a screenplay, it is especially advantageous to utilize a ghost writer who has legitimate contacts in La and Ny that could possibly enable that you acquire precisely where you desire to go.9. WILL YOU non-public YOUR COPYRIGHT? be optimistic that the arrangement (even for small composing assignments) states that, upon last payment, the copyright in the hold out finished in your behalf is transferred to you. Be really obvious about this point! An oversight right here could potentially trigger an enormous head ache later.10. DOES YOUR GHOST writer HAVE powerful REFERENCES? speak with those people which have worked using the non-public you are pondering about. ask them to reveal their standpoint in the ghost writer’s largest assets and weaknesses which means you are mindful in the factors they're carrying out nicely and will method how you’ll fill the space in places precisely where they don’t excel. Worthwhile ghost writer has previous customers ready to talk with you for 15 minutes!After the day, so lots of factors should be considered. But you’ve invested a lengthy time operating in your idea, and deserve the right writer to breathe existence in it. Determining the solutions to these 10 issues will support you produce a dependable choice concerning the ghost writer who'll represent your voice.Here’s to higher business along owning a much better life!--------Corey Blake the co-author of EDGE! A management account (Morgan James, 2008), is President of Writers in the round Table, Inc., a strategic literary advancement business which allows authors, directors, executives, and editors to produce composing composed content of considerable remarkable and produce it to market.
This page provides an overview of the Linux distributions wich can be installed on the Openmoko phones. You can install any of them on your phone or even have a dualboot system with two distributions installed. For downloads see [[Download]], for installation instructions see [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]].
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Besides, some distributions also run on [[Supported devices|other mobile devices]]. However they are not fully supported by these platforms.
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=== Popularity ===
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According to a survey from March 2010 [[SHR]] is by far the most used distribution (59%), followed by [[Debian]] (10%), [[QtMoko]] (9%), [[Android]] (8%), [[Hackable:1]] (5%) and [[Qt Extended Improved]] (4%).
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=== Please note ===
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* Stable in the FreeRunner world does not mean the same thing as stable in the Debian world.
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* Most distributions use the same bootloader, kernel, drivers and hardware. Therefore, the same low level bugs are commonly found in all distributions.
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* Most of these distributions also have package repositories. It is a BAD idea to feed from another distribution's repository. E.g. see [[installing alien package]]s.
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* Upgrade path between these distributions are mostly not tested, thus updating by changing the feeds will most likely end in broken packages or even an unbootable system. It is advisable to reflash the whole filesystem with [[dfu-util]] to switch between the different distributions, with the reminder that a dual-boot setup (e.g. via [[Booting from SD|MicroSD]] or [[Booting from NFS|NFS]]) can be used.
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* [[Marketing Mistakes]] and pre-installed distributions.
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== Overview ==
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=== Android ===
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{{Template:Works on Android}}
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[http://code.google.com/android/ Android] is a software stack for mobile devices developed by the [http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/ The Open Handset Alliance.] Openmoko is fully supporting Android running on the Freerunner.
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Android has now reached a point where it is usable on the FreeRunner as an everyday phone, there are, however, still some caveats. Check out the main Android section of the wiki for more info.
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{{Main|Android}}You can also visit the user web page for [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:Seanmcneil3 Sean McNeil] for some more info.
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=== Debian ===
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[[Debian]] is "the universal operating system". It comes with thousands and thousands of packages (most of them designed for desktops or servers so far). So in the words of Joachim "nomeata" Breitner from the [http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianFSO pkg-fso] team, this is not really a distribution in the Openmoko sense of the word, but rather a different underlying system for Openmoko distributions. At the moment, we ship the software from the FSO stack, but hopefully we’ll also have, for example, the SHR software in our archive. So for now, Debian is a different way of installing FSO, which takes more space and provides more programs :-)
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{{Main|Debian}}
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=== GameRunner ===
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[[GameRunner]] is an Openmoko Linux distribution. It aims convert the Freerunner open mobile phone in a Linux-based handheld game console.
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It is simple, and contains cool and suitable open source games for Linux mobile devices.
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=== Gentoo ===
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[[Gentoo]] is all about choices. When installing Gentoo, this is made clear to you several times -- you can choose how much you want to compile yourself, how to install Gentoo, what system logger you want, etc. Gentoo is a fast, modern metadistribution with a clean and flexible design. Gentoo is built around free software and doesn't hide from its users what is beneath the hood. Portage, the package maintenance system which Gentoo uses, is written in Python, meaning you can easily view and modify the source code. Gentoo's packaging system uses source code (although support for precompiled packages is included too) and configuring Gentoo happens through regular textfiles. In other words, openness everywhere.
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=== hackable:1 ===
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hackable:1 is a community distribution for Hackable Devices like the Openmoko Freerunner. It is based on Debian GNU/Linux, and while
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originally integrating a GNOME Mobile platform its infrastructure assists in the generation of flashing-ready software images for embedded devices.
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=== Mer ===
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[[Mer]] is a distribution based on [[Maemo]].
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=== Mokotouch ===
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[[MokoTouch]] wants to be a replacement for the OM Distribution. It will contain apps for system settings and other useful apps like, mail client, Photo and Maps Viewer and maybe other fun things. It's fully written in C++ using Qt 4.5 Embedded. and it runs using Framebuffer, so no X11 Required.
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* http://th30z.netsons.org/mokotouch/index.html
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* http://code.google.com/p/mokotouch/
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr821OgnvYc Video]
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=== neovento ===
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[[neovento]] (ex FYP) is a [[Debian|Debian on Freerunner]] based [[Distributions|distribution]] which uses [http://lxde.org/ LXDE] and [[Zhone]] on top. It is a [http://freeyourphone.de FreeYourPhone.de] community project.
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=== OpenWrt ===
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[[OpenWrt]] is described as a Linux distribution for embedded devices.
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Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, [[OpenWrt]] provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developer, [[OpenWrt]] is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
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[[OpenWrt]] development trunk now supports s3c24xx, CPU used in [[Freerunner]].
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Mainly due to the usage of uClibc instead of glibc as libc implementation, OpenWrt can boot from NAND with enlightenment window manager within 1 minute 7 seconds using u-boot (NOR) bootloader.
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* [http://www.openwrt.org OpenWrt website]
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* [http://dev.openwrt.org OpenWrt development site]
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=== Qalee ===
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{{Works on Qalee}}
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[[Qalee]] is a phone environment developed in Qt4 above the fso stack. It works on the freerunner under any distribution that supports Qt4. It's not finished yet but you can test a preview version with the official Qalee distributon. This release includes no new features, but many fixes for things that didn’t work or were incomplete in 0.0.2. You can read full [http://think-free.homelinux.org/wordpress/ announcement], or take a look at some of changes:
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* Qalee is now based on shr instead of debian.
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* clock widget now shows a calendar when clicked.
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* status panel widget shows gsm network name and power and internet connection status while on wifi or gprs.
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* screen menu : you can now choose the background picture with a cover-flow effect, letting the backlight always on now works.
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* network menu : all entries work, gsm one is a little buggy though.
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* Wifi works despite the the bug in the kernel 2.6.29 opened for 4 month.
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* application menu : to launch application just click on it :) when launched the button becomes green, to close it, press the close button which becomes red and click on the application you want to close
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* power button supports suspend on short press, or menu on longer press.
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* phone application is now litephone modified to use Qalee’s buttons.
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* GorshPlayer is broken, if you have Qt4.5.2 librairies with phonon working on shr, tell me (?)//FIXME
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* keyboard is still literky.
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* Themable interface allows you to change some colours of the interface.
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WARNING: Qalee is in pre-alpha stage, a lot of thinks are not coded yet, other are broken, some may be changed. It's just a preview version of the current work!
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=== Qt Extended Improved ===
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Qt Extended has had several names. The current name is <b>Qt Extended Improved</b>. An Openmoko-based community develops Qt Extended Improved as a Free Software project. Qt Extended Improved builds on the foundation of Qt Extended/Qtopia/Qt by Qt Software/Trolltech. Qt Extended Improved provides a robust telephony stack, a webkit based browser and other smartphone features.
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On 5th March 2009 Qt Software released Qt Extended 4.4.3. On 3rd March 2009 Qt Software announced that Qt Extended 4.4.3 would be the last release of the Qt Extended product. Prior to version 4.3, Qt Extended was known as Qtopia.
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=== QtMoko ===
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The most active distribution based on Qt Extended is [http://activationrecord.net/radekp/qtmoko/ QT Moko]. Special  feature are:
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* many bug-fixes applied
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* very decent speed with nodebug-kernel
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* X-Server support so you can use any X-application like [http://www.tangogps.org/gps/articles/7-Installation.html#extended TangoGPS].
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=== SHR ===
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SHR is a community driven distribution. It contains some basic EFL based applications which make use of the FSO. There currently is an [[EFL_Documentation|EFL]] (with elementary) dialer, messages and contacts application programmed in C, as well as a nice Settings-GUI in Python. As of April 12th, 2009, there is no stable release of this distribution yet, as the SHR team doesn't feel it to be good enough. You can find images though on the [http://shr.bearstech.com/shr-testing SHR buildhost].
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=== Slackware ===
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As of release 12.2, Slackware is now officially supported on the Neo Freerunner
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[http://armedslack.org/]
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--[[User:Djdas|djdas]] 15:54, 13 June 2009 (UTC)There aren't any confirmations of ArmedSlack running on Freerunner either on the website or the official ML, do you have any link pointing on that?
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--[[User:Ajh]] 22:11, 22 April 2010 (UTC) Wrote preliminary installation instructions on my user page.
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==== FDOM (FAT and Dirty Openmoko) ====
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[[FDOM]] was a distribution based on [[Om 2008]], updated with many ready-to-use applications and with fixes posted in the mailing lists.
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==== Om series ====
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* '''[[Om 2009]]''' was intended to be the new distro; it is not a simple follow-on from [[Om 2008]]. It is based on the [http://freesmartphone.org freesmartphone.org] milestone 5.5 framework. Development of Om 2009 was ended and developers moved on to work on other distros instead.
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* '''[[Om 2008]]''' was released on August 8, 2008, to replace 2007.2. Prior to that, its codename was ASU (April/August Software Update). This is still the name of the branch in the version control system. This distribution integrates the [http://trolltech.com/products/qtopia Qtopia] phone stack with a set of new Openmoko applications based on the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries ([[EFL_Documentation|EFL]]). Qtopia being a more mature product than the GNOME Mobile stack, the standard phone applications (dialer, contacts, calculator, calendar) work better than in 2007.2. The Qtopia used in 2008.8 was ported to run on X11, contrary to standard Qtopia which uses the framebuffer. This allows non-Qt applications to safely share the screen with Qt applications.
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* '''[[Om 2007.2]]''' was the first distribution created by Openmoko. The interface was totally finger-oriented,  optimized for 285ppi, and very orange. It used the GTK+ stack, which is part of the [http://www.gnome.org/mobile/ GNOME Mobile] platform. This distribution is now considered obsolete and not being worked on by Openmoko Inc or by OpenedHand.  
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=== Others / unreleased ===
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* The [http://www.neopwn.com/software.php NeoPwn] network auditng system's core is a modified Linux 2.6.24 kernel, with cross-compiled module driver support for the numerous compatible addon devices running on a FULL Debian (ARMEL) operating system. The filesystem has been optimized for performance and size and includes the NeoPwn menu system and several GUI dialogs for hardware control and attack automation. ''Status: Unknown, the GPL requires source code to be distributed only to customers''.
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* [http://runningbear.org/trac RunningBear] is an innovative, yet free and open-source Operating System for hackable devices driven by Bearstech. Lightweight, Portable, Secure, Friendly and Useful. ''Status: In development''.
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* [http://pokylinux.org/ Poky] and Sato, by OpenedHand/Intel. An open source platform build tool derived from OE. It is a complete software development environment for the creation of Linux devices. It enables you to design, develop, build, debug, and test a complete, modern, software stack using Linux, the X Window System and GNOME Mobile based application frameworks for both ARM and x86 based platforms. ''Status: The "Nightly Build" Image works fine on Neo Freerunner, but phone functionality doesn't.''
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* [http://pyneo.org/ PyNeo] pyneo is a stack for mobile devices excessivly using dbus, glib and evas. Pyneo is NO distribution but a middleware or framework like FSO which itself developed from a very early version of pyneo. Current pyneo images are entirely based on debian instead of oe. ''Status: still active and in development! ask around on #pyneo.org ''
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* [http://www.quantum-step.com/ mySTEP] by Openmoko distributor Golden Delicious Computers is based on GNUstep and brings a Objective-C API to the Neo. Core GUI frameworks are "Foundation" & "AppKit". It has been shown on FOSDEM 2008, LinuxTag 2008 and SYSTEMS 2008 to run on the Neo 1973. If someone reengineers UIKit, (open) source code compatibility to iPhone apps appears achievable. ''Status: slow progress behind the scenes''
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* [http://www.archmobile.org/ Archlinux] is a distribution that follows the KISS principle.
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* [http://code.google.com/p/inferno-openmoko/ Inferno] is port of distributed operating system [http://code.google.com/p/inferno-os/ Inferno].
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== Features by distribution/release target ==
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{{Main|Comparison of operating systems}}
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Generally, distributions can differ on one or more of the following components:
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* The bootsplash screen image. This is purely decorative.
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* The bootloader. Theoretically, any version of ''uboot'' could be used with any distribution. In the future ''Qi'' will replace ''uboot''.
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* The kernel. GNU/Linux kernels versions 2.6.24, 2.6.26 or 2.6.28 can be found. Some have modules compiled in, others have modules compiled separately. If compiled separately, modules can be distributed in the same package file as the kernel or separately.
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* Middleware: daemons to handle GSM calls or GPS, sound system, personal information storage and so on. Qt and Android have their own subsystems, FreeSmartphone.Org (FSO) is working towards a standard-based Free Software one.
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* Display driver. The original ''Qt Extended'' uses the framebuffer, most other distributions today use ''X11''.
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* Libraries and application framework (widget toolkit and  and graphical environment) : EFL, Qt, Gtk+ or Java ?
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* [[Download]]
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== See also ==
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* Mickey Lauer's post "[http://www.vanille-media.de/site/index.php/2008/06/28/gtk-asu-fso-tmtla/ GTK, ASU, FSO, TMTLA!]" describes the differences between distributions 2007.2, ASU and FSO.
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* [[Kustomizer]] is a script to change your Om 2009 or Om 2008.12 to a usable phone
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Revision as of 03:18, 20 December 2011

When it arrives to acquiring a ghost writer, you need to acquire extremely strategic about whom you determine to pen your piece.http://www.monclervendendo.com/ , Writers, like everyone, see the planet utilizing their non-public exclusive perspective, jointly with their voice will arrive by utilizing loud and obvious within your work.http://www.kobhandtasker.com/ , So how can you start choosing the right ghost writer to string jointly the text message that will attract your visitors, talk your mind, connect your knowledge, tighten a relationship, or spark a romance? right here is critically a report of 10 issues that must acquire enquired and answered when interviewing ghost writer candidates.http://www.modembt.com/ ,

1.http://www.acheterenligneuggs.com/ , WHAT will be the primary VALUES? Your primary values will be the guiding rules that support you make choices over a every solitary day time schedule and define that which you really are a symbolic representation of like a dude or female and even a business. For instance, Walt Disney’s primary values are imagination and wholesomeness. The U.S. oxygen Force’s primary values are integrity, service, and excellence.Let me start by suggesting ours, and possibly they are able to attract some strategies for you.• candor — Holding ourselves accountable for the greatest conditions in almost everything every one of us do AND developing an atmosphere precisely where those people near to us are inspired to undertake precisely the same.• Brilliance — Nurturing an atmosphere precisely where brilliance could possibly be the all natural result.• Joy — owning enjoyment experiencing the bet on developing the business by delivering a exclusive voice on behalf of each and every solitary client.• Synergy — utilizing one of the most effective assets away from your client, the author, along using the assignment manager and fusing them jointly as this set moves in the direction of a standard goal.• ingenuity — Encouraging anybody who is element of our customs to take advantage of the hearts and minds to produce besides box by continually sparking thoughts, producing ideas, and stretching our cumulative brain.We start utilizing these primary values to steer our choices in ALL matters as often as possible. Actually, every one of us do almost everything we are able to to reside by them! after you determine your non-public primary values, you can start wanting to locate a ghost writer who shares them. Why? because a ghost writer who reflects your primary values is critically a ghost writer who compares the planet away from your comparable perspective. determining over a ghost writer with comparable primary values is going to produce composing in your behalf SO appreciably EASIER!2. possibly you have DETERMINED YOUR favored composing STYLE? completely different ghost writers have completely different variations by which they excel. if you actually desire to produce critically non-public composing that emotionally grabs individuals but you deliver in support who has an educational style, you’re going to invest considerable time pulling your mind of hair out and questioning why your ghost writer isn’t producing within a design that appeals to you. So when interviewing potential ghost writers, be optimistic you ask for good examples that are composed inside the design and design and design you’re after! a broad range of variations consist of personable, dramatic, inspirational, academic, factual, scientific, fun, humorous, intellectual, romantic, and technical.3. Which type of knowledge can you NEED? Just because you’ve found a ghost writer who pens exceptional content articles doesn’t imply you’ve found somebody who can compose exceptional brochure copy, product sales letters, strategic business plans, or fiction. apart from asking a ghost writer to go much more than their primary values and composing styles, be optimistic they reveal you sorts of preceding hold out that reflect their knowledge in precisely the kind of composed hold out which you need!4. WHAT’S IT probably to arranged you back? When discussing advertising price owning a brand recognize new ghost writer, inquire if they demand by utilizing the word, by utilizing the page, or on an hourly basis. Be skeptical of ghost writers who demand over the hour, as your expenses could possibly be driven upright. once they demand over the term or even the page, allow them know what your ceiling is and ask these mobile phones get in touch with you preceding to exceeding to limit. if you actually do not desire to evaluation budget, be really obvious jointly together with your new ghost writer in advance, letting them understand which they need to stick for the agreed upon web page count/word count.5. WHAT DELIVERABLES inside the event you EXPECT? could possibly be the ghost writer probably to deal with research, get ready an outline, provide several drafts, and utilize a proofreader to confirm the fact that document is error-free? (Forget spell-check; utilizing an outside and intent proofreader is imperative!) Be really particular about your expectations when negotiating your contract. Also, in circumstance you ask even more revisions, this could possibly be the time to predetermine the price. Know precisely what you’re acquiring for the money!6. On which TIMELINE could possibly be the GHOST writer going TO provide MATERIAL? It’s important which you create deadlines and that the ghost writer meets them. arranged particular dates when actually you presume each and every deliverable — from drafts to some last proofread version. Your arrangement must also outline what penalty will need place once the ghost writer is not in a placement to fulfill these deadlines.7. WILL THE GHOST writer provide even more composing SERVICES? If they are operating in your manuscript, are in addition they probably to support you compose your marketing copy, query letters, guide proposal, etc? 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About distributions

This page provides an overview of the Linux distributions wich can be installed on the Openmoko phones. You can install any of them on your phone or even have a dualboot system with two distributions installed. For downloads see Download, for installation instructions see Flashing the Neo FreeRunner.

Besides, some distributions also run on other mobile devices. However they are not fully supported by these platforms.

Popularity

According to a survey from March 2010 SHR is by far the most used distribution (59%), followed by Debian (10%), QtMoko (9%), Android (8%), Hackable:1 (5%) and Qt Extended Improved (4%).

Please note

  • Stable in the FreeRunner world does not mean the same thing as stable in the Debian world.
  • Most distributions use the same bootloader, kernel, drivers and hardware. Therefore, the same low level bugs are commonly found in all distributions.
  • Most of these distributions also have package repositories. It is a BAD idea to feed from another distribution's repository. E.g. see installing alien packages.
  • Upgrade path between these distributions are mostly not tested, thus updating by changing the feeds will most likely end in broken packages or even an unbootable system. It is advisable to reflash the whole filesystem with dfu-util to switch between the different distributions, with the reminder that a dual-boot setup (e.g. via MicroSD or NFS) can be used.
  • Marketing Mistakes and pre-installed distributions.

Overview

Android

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



Android is a software stack for mobile devices developed by the The Open Handset Alliance. Openmoko is fully supporting Android running on the Freerunner.

Android has now reached a point where it is usable on the FreeRunner as an everyday phone, there are, however, still some caveats. Check out the main Android section of the wiki for more info.

Main article: Android

You can also visit the user web page for Sean McNeil for some more info.

Debian

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



Debian is "the universal operating system". It comes with thousands and thousands of packages (most of them designed for desktops or servers so far). So in the words of Joachim "nomeata" Breitner from the pkg-fso team, this is not really a distribution in the Openmoko sense of the word, but rather a different underlying system for Openmoko distributions. At the moment, we ship the software from the FSO stack, but hopefully we’ll also have, for example, the SHR software in our archive. So for now, Debian is a different way of installing FSO, which takes more space and provides more programs :-)

Main article: Debian


GameRunner

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


GameRunner is an Openmoko Linux distribution. It aims convert the Freerunner open mobile phone in a Linux-based handheld game console. It is simple, and contains cool and suitable open source games for Linux mobile devices.

Main article: GameRunner



Gentoo

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



Gentoo is all about choices. When installing Gentoo, this is made clear to you several times -- you can choose how much you want to compile yourself, how to install Gentoo, what system logger you want, etc. Gentoo is a fast, modern metadistribution with a clean and flexible design. Gentoo is built around free software and doesn't hide from its users what is beneath the hood. Portage, the package maintenance system which Gentoo uses, is written in Python, meaning you can easily view and modify the source code. Gentoo's packaging system uses source code (although support for precompiled packages is included too) and configuring Gentoo happens through regular textfiles. In other words, openness everywhere.

Main article: Gentoo


hackable:1

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



hackable:1 is a community distribution for Hackable Devices like the Openmoko Freerunner. It is based on Debian GNU/Linux, and while originally integrating a GNOME Mobile platform its infrastructure assists in the generation of flashing-ready software images for embedded devices.

Main article: Hackable:1



Mer

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



Mer is a distribution based on Maemo.

Mokotouch

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



MokoTouch wants to be a replacement for the OM Distribution. It will contain apps for system settings and other useful apps like, mail client, Photo and Maps Viewer and maybe other fun things. It's fully written in C++ using Qt 4.5 Embedded. and it runs using Framebuffer, so no X11 Required.

neovento

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



neovento (ex FYP) is a Debian on Freerunner based distribution which uses LXDE and Zhone on top. It is a FreeYourPhone.de community project.

Main article: neovento



OpenWrt

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



OpenWrt is described as a Linux distribution for embedded devices.

Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developer, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.

OpenWrt development trunk now supports s3c24xx, CPU used in Freerunner.

Mainly due to the usage of uClibc instead of glibc as libc implementation, OpenWrt can boot from NAND with enlightenment window manager within 1 minute 7 seconds using u-boot (NOR) bootloader.

Main article: OpenWrt


Qalee

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



Qalee is a phone environment developed in Qt4 above the fso stack. It works on the freerunner under any distribution that supports Qt4. It's not finished yet but you can test a preview version with the official Qalee distributon. This release includes no new features, but many fixes for things that didn’t work or were incomplete in 0.0.2. You can read full announcement, or take a look at some of changes:

  • Qalee is now based on shr instead of debian.
  • clock widget now shows a calendar when clicked.
  • status panel widget shows gsm network name and power and internet connection status while on wifi or gprs.
  • screen menu : you can now choose the background picture with a cover-flow effect, letting the backlight always on now works.
  • network menu : all entries work, gsm one is a little buggy though.
  • Wifi works despite the the bug in the kernel 2.6.29 opened for 4 month.
  • application menu : to launch application just click on it :) when launched the button becomes green, to close it, press the close button which becomes red and click on the application you want to close
  • power button supports suspend on short press, or menu on longer press.
  • phone application is now litephone modified to use Qalee’s buttons.
  • GorshPlayer is broken, if you have Qt4.5.2 librairies with phonon working on shr, tell me (?)//FIXME
  • keyboard is still literky.
  • Themable interface allows you to change some colours of the interface.

WARNING: Qalee is in pre-alpha stage, a lot of thinks are not coded yet, other are broken, some may be changed. It's just a preview version of the current work!

Qt Extended Improved

Qt Extended has had several names. The current name is Qt Extended Improved. An Openmoko-based community develops Qt Extended Improved as a Free Software project. Qt Extended Improved builds on the foundation of Qt Extended/Qtopia/Qt by Qt Software/Trolltech. Qt Extended Improved provides a robust telephony stack, a webkit based browser and other smartphone features.

On 5th March 2009 Qt Software released Qt Extended 4.4.3. On 3rd March 2009 Qt Software announced that Qt Extended 4.4.3 would be the last release of the Qt Extended product. Prior to version 4.3, Qt Extended was known as Qtopia.

Main article: Qt Extended Improved


QtMoko

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



The most active distribution based on Qt Extended is QT Moko. Special feature are:

  • actively maintained
  • many bug-fixes applied
  • very decent speed with nodebug-kernel
  • X-Server support so you can use any X-application like TangoGPS.
Main article: QT Moko


SHR

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



SHR is a community driven distribution. It contains some basic EFL based applications which make use of the FSO. There currently is an EFL (with elementary) dialer, messages and contacts application programmed in C, as well as a nice Settings-GUI in Python. As of April 12th, 2009, there is no stable release of this distribution yet, as the SHR team doesn't feel it to be good enough. You can find images though on the SHR buildhost.

Main article: SHR


Slackware

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



As of release 12.2, Slackware is now officially supported on the Neo Freerunner [1] --djdas 15:54, 13 June 2009 (UTC)There aren't any confirmations of ArmedSlack running on Freerunner either on the website or the official ML, do you have any link pointing on that? --User:Ajh 22:11, 22 April 2010 (UTC) Wrote preliminary installation instructions on my user page.

Abandoned

FDOM (FAT and Dirty Openmoko)

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



FDOM was a distribution based on Om 2008, updated with many ready-to-use applications and with fixes posted in the mailing lists.

Main article: FDOM



Om series

  • Om 2009 was intended to be the new distro; it is not a simple follow-on from Om 2008. It is based on the freesmartphone.org milestone 5.5 framework. Development of Om 2009 was ended and developers moved on to work on other distros instead.
Main article: Om2009


  • Om 2008 was released on August 8, 2008, to replace 2007.2. Prior to that, its codename was ASU (April/August Software Update). This is still the name of the branch in the version control system. This distribution integrates the Qtopia phone stack with a set of new Openmoko applications based on the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL). Qtopia being a more mature product than the GNOME Mobile stack, the standard phone applications (dialer, contacts, calculator, calendar) work better than in 2007.2. The Qtopia used in 2008.8 was ported to run on X11, contrary to standard Qtopia which uses the framebuffer. This allows non-Qt applications to safely share the screen with Qt applications.
Main article: Om 2008


  • Om 2007.2 was the first distribution created by Openmoko. The interface was totally finger-oriented, optimized for 285ppi, and very orange. It used the GTK+ stack, which is part of the GNOME Mobile platform. This distribution is now considered obsolete and not being worked on by Openmoko Inc or by OpenedHand.
Main article: Om 2007.2


Others / unreleased

  • The NeoPwn network auditng system's core is a modified Linux 2.6.24 kernel, with cross-compiled module driver support for the numerous compatible addon devices running on a FULL Debian (ARMEL) operating system. The filesystem has been optimized for performance and size and includes the NeoPwn menu system and several GUI dialogs for hardware control and attack automation. Status: Unknown, the GPL requires source code to be distributed only to customers.
  • RunningBear is an innovative, yet free and open-source Operating System for hackable devices driven by Bearstech. Lightweight, Portable, Secure, Friendly and Useful. Status: In development.
  • Poky and Sato, by OpenedHand/Intel. An open source platform build tool derived from OE. It is a complete software development environment for the creation of Linux devices. It enables you to design, develop, build, debug, and test a complete, modern, software stack using Linux, the X Window System and GNOME Mobile based application frameworks for both ARM and x86 based platforms. Status: The "Nightly Build" Image works fine on Neo Freerunner, but phone functionality doesn't.
  • PyNeo pyneo is a stack for mobile devices excessivly using dbus, glib and evas. Pyneo is NO distribution but a middleware or framework like FSO which itself developed from a very early version of pyneo. Current pyneo images are entirely based on debian instead of oe. Status: still active and in development! ask around on #pyneo.org
  • mySTEP by Openmoko distributor Golden Delicious Computers is based on GNUstep and brings a Objective-C API to the Neo. Core GUI frameworks are "Foundation" & "AppKit". It has been shown on FOSDEM 2008, LinuxTag 2008 and SYSTEMS 2008 to run on the Neo 1973. If someone reengineers UIKit, (open) source code compatibility to iPhone apps appears achievable. Status: slow progress behind the scenes
  • Archlinux is a distribution that follows the KISS principle.
  • Inferno is port of distributed operating system Inferno.

Features by distribution/release target

Main article: Comparison of operating systems


Generally, distributions can differ on one or more of the following components:

  • The bootsplash screen image. This is purely decorative.
  • The bootloader. Theoretically, any version of uboot could be used with any distribution. In the future Qi will replace uboot.
  • The kernel. GNU/Linux kernels versions 2.6.24, 2.6.26 or 2.6.28 can be found. Some have modules compiled in, others have modules compiled separately. If compiled separately, modules can be distributed in the same package file as the kernel or separately.
  • Middleware: daemons to handle GSM calls or GPS, sound system, personal information storage and so on. Qt and Android have their own subsystems, FreeSmartphone.Org (FSO) is working towards a standard-based Free Software one.
  • Display driver. The original Qt Extended uses the framebuffer, most other distributions today use X11.
  • Libraries and application framework (widget toolkit and and graphical environment) : EFL, Qt, Gtk+ or Java ?
  • Basic telephony applications: voice calls, SMS, alarm clock...
  • Smartphone applications: GPS, media player, simple games, web browser...
  • Open source applications: more games, scientific, you name it...

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See also

  • Mickey Lauer's post "GTK, ASU, FSO, TMTLA!" describes the differences between distributions 2007.2, ASU and FSO.
  • Kustomizer is a script to change your Om 2009 or Om 2008.12 to a usable phone