Comparison of operating systems

From Openmoko

Contents 1 Hardware Support 2 Connectivity 3 Power 4 User Interaction 5 Applications 6 Toolkits / Runtimes

Hardware Support

	Om 2009	Om 2008	Om 2007.2	SHR	Qt Extended Improved	Debian	Gentoo	Android
GTA01	??	??	??	yes	yes	yes	??	??
GTA02	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes

Connectivity

	Om 2009	Om 2008	Om 2007.2	SHR	Qt Extended Improved	Debian	Gentoo	Android
Telephony	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes (1)	yes	yes
SMS	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes (1)	yes	yes
GPRS	yes ?	Not through UI	Not through UI	yes	yes	yes (1)	Not through UI	yes
WiFi	yes ?	yes (*)	yes	yes	yes	yes	Not through UI	yes
VoIP	no	??	??	??	yes (1)	yes	??	no
Bluetooth	no	yes (*)	yes (*)	yes (*)	yes (*)	yes (*)	yes	yes
GPS	yes (1)	yes (1)	yes	yes	yes	yes (1)	yes (1)	yes

Power

	Om 2009	Om 2008	Om 2007.2	SHR	Qt Extended Improved	Debian	Gentoo	Android
Suspend	yes	yes	??	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Resumes on Event	yes	??	??	yes	yes	yes	yes	??
Functions after Resume	yes	yes	??	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes

User Interaction

	Om 2009	Om 2008	Om 2007.2	SHR	Qt Extended Improved	Debian	Gentoo	Android
Finger friendly	yes	Partially	Partially	yes	yes	yes (1)	yes	yes
Accelerometer	yes (1)	yes (1)(1)	no	yes	no	yes	??	yes

Applications

	Om 2009	Om 2008	Om 2007.2	SHR	Qt Extended Improved	Debian	Gentoo	Android
Terminal	yes	yes (1)	Basic (2)	yes	yes	yes	yes (1)	yes
PIM	no	yes	yes	yes (1)	yes	yes (1)	??	??
Phonebook	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes (1)	yes	yes
Dialer	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes (1)	yes	yes
Web Browser	yes (1)	yes (1)	yes (1)	yes	yes	yes (1)	??	yes
Mail Client	yes (1)	yes	?	yes	yes	yes (1)	yes	yes
XMPP Client	yes (1)	yes (1)	yes (1)	yes	yes	yes (1)		??
Media Player	yes (1)	yes (1)	yes	yes	yes	yes (1)	??	yes

Toolkits / Runtimes

	Om 2009	Om 2008	Om 2007.2	SHR	Qt Extended Improved	Debian	Gentoo	Android
GTK+	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	??
Qt/Qt Extended	yes	yes	no	yes ?	yes	yes	yes	??
Middleware	FSO	qtopia-x11	gsmd/neod	FSO	Qt Extended	FSO	FSO	??
Java	??	Jalimo	Jalimo	Jalimo	??	CacaoVM, JamVM	??	??
Python	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	??
Mono	??	yes (1)	yes (1)	no	??	yes (1)	??	??
Ruby	??	yes	??	??	??	yes (1)	yes (1)	??

Footnotes:

(1) works, but need additional software to be installed

(2) unusable due to lack of certain keyboard characters. Various fixes available.

(*) unstable