Why Openmoko - Revision history

Quix0r: This is all not page-related (e.g. signatures doesn't belong into a page, but ) so moved away to discussion

2011-09-22T18:00:12Z

This is all not page-related (e.g. signatures doesn't belong into a page, but ) so moved away to discussion

Glenn: topsort

2008-12-20T11:57:44Z

topsort

Jidanni: add reality check

2008-11-27T22:45:40Z

add reality check

Glenn: catchg Category:Distributions

2008-09-07T11:32:11Z

catchg Category:Distributions

Glenn: +Category:Software

2008-09-07T11:31:28Z

+Category:Software

Dolfje at 08:17, 27 August 2008

2008-08-27T08:17:02Z

Kunaldeo: that was some charset problem

2008-08-26T08:40:38Z

that was some charset problem

DolfjeBot1: Replacing 'OpenMoko' with 'Openmoko'

2008-08-23T09:30:52Z

Replacing 'OpenMoko' with 'Openmoko'

Archimerged: Link to अपिस, which gives some of the very meager information available online about the Hindi word.

2008-08-22T07:08:10Z

Link to अपिस, which gives some of the very meager information available online about the Hindi word.

Kunaldeo at 10:14, 21 August 2008

2008-08-21T10:14:15Z

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	Subsequent to this quick introduction to the upcoming Openmoko platform, in forthcoming articles I’ll show you how to build and run Openmoko applications. The experience is like hacking the world’s best phone environment at your workbench—and yes, nobody is going to sue you! Dont forget to post in your comments at kunaldeo at gmail.com		Subsequent to this quick introduction to the upcoming Openmoko platform, in forthcoming articles I’ll show you how to build and run Openmoko applications. The experience is like hacking the world’s best phone environment at your workbench—and yes, nobody is going to sue you! Dont forget to post in your comments at kunaldeo at gmail.com
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 This article discusses the pros and cons of various operating systems for the mobile platform, and tells us why Openmoko is the true ‘open’ platform.
-There are many mobile platforms that exist on this planet today. The situation is very similar to the desktop segment, where we have operating systems like GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Windows and a few others. To me, the fact that Linux is an open source model makes it a much better OS. We also have great mobile operating systems like Symbian, Windows Mobile Platform and Linux. But none of these are really ‘open’. Surprised to see Linux in this list? Linux as a mobile OS comes in different shapes and sizes that are not very compatible with each other, as there are many different implementations of the platform. There are no common APIs available for developers to build on top of. Examples include implementations from Motorola and MontaVista. At least, this is not the case with proprietary OSs such as Symbian and Windows Mobile. They provide abundant [[अपिस]] to aid third-party programmers to build on their platform.
+There are many mobile platforms that exist on this planet today. The situation is very similar to the desktop segment, where we have operating systems like GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Windows and a few others. To me, the fact that Linux is an open source model makes it a much better OS. We also have great mobile operating systems like Symbian, Windows Mobile Platform and Linux. But none of these are really ‘open’. Surprised to see Linux in this list? Linux as a mobile OS comes in different shapes and sizes that are not very compatible with each other, as there are many different implementations of the platform. There are no common APIs available for developers to build on top of. Examples include implementations from Motorola and MontaVista. At least, this is not the case with proprietary OSs such as Symbian and Windows Mobile. They provide abundant information to aid third-party programmers to build on their platform.
 Let us now set aside all this for a while and concentrate on a Linux-based mobile platform project called Openmoko—a project that combines the true essence of open source with a rich application-programming interface. Openmoko is a true conversion of the desktop Linux into mobile Linux, which doesn’t bring in any non-standard or hidden aspects. It was built using standard X-server, GTK, ALSA, Dbus and so on. The beauty is that even the hardware platform is as open as the software platform. Openmoko makes use of a standard platform to make the mobile environment complete. Even the circuit-board hackers will find Openmoko a dream come true!

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 * '''Low on hardware requirements:''' It doesn’t require a very high-end configuration to run on.
 * '''Great developer support:''' Even though the project is in its infancy, it already has got great community support. Apart from this, all the components used in building Openmoko have their own communities. So, there may already be someone to help you out.
-* '''A very rich API:''' OpenMoko has got a very rich set of APIs. A few have been developed exclusively for OpenMoko, while the others are simply derived from other projects. OpenMoko enables you to use your existing skill set to create the phone applications that you want to.
+* '''A very rich API:''' Openmoko has got a very rich set of APIs. A few have been developed exclusively for Openmoko, while the others are simply derived from other projects. Openmoko enables you to use your existing skill set to create the phone applications that you want to.
 ==The Openmoko Architecture==
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-* '''Linux kernel 2.6 and associated device drivers:''' The project makes use of the vanilla kernel 2.6 series, patched against OpenMoko-specific patches. The patch set includes additional support for various embedded devices like USB, SD, touch screen, and communication drivers. All these drivers reside in the kernel space, and are loaded at boot time.
+* '''Linux kernel 2.6 and associated device drivers:''' The project makes use of the vanilla kernel 2.6 series, patched against Openmoko-specific patches. The patch set includes additional support for various embedded devices like USB, SD, touch screen, and communication drivers. All these drivers reside in the kernel space, and are loaded at boot time.
 * '''Linux Core (or system) services:'''
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 **'''Third-party applications:''' Various heavy-duty applications like Web browsers, instant messaging applications, etc.
-Subsequent to this quick introduction to the upcoming Openmoko platform, in forthcoming articles I’ll show you how to build and run OpenMoko applications. The experience is like hacking the world’s best phone environment at your workbench—and yes, nobody is going to sue you! Dont forget to post in your comments at kunaldeo at gmail.com
+Subsequent to this quick introduction to the upcoming Openmoko platform, in forthcoming articles I’ll show you how to build and run Openmoko applications. The experience is like hacking the world’s best phone environment at your workbench—and yes, nobody is going to sue you! Dont forget to post in your comments at kunaldeo at gmail.com
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-This article discusses the pros and cons of various operating systems for the mobile platform, and tells us why Openmoko is the true ‘open’ platform. There are many mobile platforms that exist on this planet today. The situation is very similar to the desktop segment, where we have operating systems like GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Windows and a few others. To me, the fact that Linux is an open source model makes it a much better OS. We also have great mobile operating systems like Symbian, Windows Mobile Platform and Linux. But none of these are really ‘open’. Surprised to see Linux in this list? Linux as a mobile OS comes in different shapes and sizes that are not very compatible with each other, as there are many different implementations of the platform. There are no common APIs available for developers to build on top of. Examples include implementations from Motorola and MontaVista. At least, this is not the case with proprietary OSs such as Symbian and Windows Mobile. They provide abundant अपिस to aid third-party programmers to build on their platform. Let us now set aside all this for a while and concentrate on a Linux-based mobile platform project called Openmoko—a project that combines the true essence of open source with a rich application-programming interface. Openmoko is a true conversion of the desktop Linux into mobile Linux, which doesn’t bring in any non-standard or hidden aspects. It was built using standard X-server, GTK, ALSA, Dbus and so on. The beauty is that even the hardware platform is as open as the software platform. Openmoko makes use of a standard platform to make the mobile environment complete. Even the circuit-board hackers will find Openmoko a dream come true!
+This article discusses the pros and cons of various operating systems for the mobile platform, and tells us why Openmoko is the true ‘open’ platform.
 ==What is wrong with the others? ==