I know the devel list gets some official looking test results for each of the main apps posted about once a week. I believe there was even a summary report in pdf form. I think that testing was against the ASU. So, at least you could get a pretty good status on that image.
-Steven On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 15 Jul 2008, at 19:45, John Reese wrote: > >> Stroller wrote: >>> I thought today about starting a "Freerunner usability" page on the >>> wiki, as it seems a very common FAQ on IRC. New users are not >>> satisfied with "the software's not stable yet" but instead want to >>> know "how 'alpha' is it? can I make calls and send texts? how about >>> calendaring?" Many Linux enthusiasts LOVE the idea of a completely >>> open phone and they're willing to sacrifice features for that right >>> now, because they know (and love!) the fact that Open-Source Software >>> will fix that for them in the future. As long as they can make calls, >>> send texts then they're happy with a alpha software, but one user >>> worries about email or battery life, another needs a browser. It >>> would be great to have a single page one could point them to (perhaps >>> telling them which image to use if they need a specific feature, best >>> call stability or audio quality) - right now I can't find a page that >>> answers their questions, but I don't want to start a new one because >>> *surely* there must already be one?? >> >> Perhaps this is what you seek? >> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Distributions > > That's a pretty good start - thanks for bringing it to my attention. > > ISTM that this answers half the question. > > What I'm seeing a lot of on IRC is: > "is anyone using the Freerunner as their main phone?" > "how reliable is it?" > "how featureful is it when the FR is used as a main phone?" > > The "telephony" line of the Distributions wiki page suggests that > OM2007.2, FSO, ASU & Qtopia all work equally well. > I don't think that's actually the case, is it? > > A thinking-about-buying-a-Freerunner FAQ would be great. The existing > FAQ is simply too long and cumbersome. > > The thing about telling a Linux enthusiast that "it's alpha quality" > is we're all gung ho to try anyway. We're all glad to fix stuff and > write bash scripts to the best of our ability, but without a decent > summary of the status it's kinda hard to know whether our abilities > meet the challenge. > > This is probably better suited to the new wiki list. We'll discuss it > further there when Steve sets it up. > > Stroller. > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community