Fwd: [Hackable1-user] First beta version of the DeforaOS smartphone environment on hackable:1
Dear community, hackable:1 is still alive, and even welcomed a new developer (hi Trim!) Better, we are currently preparing another release of hackable:1, based on the DeforaOS smartphone environment (details below). A number of fixes and improvements made it to the beta since its original announcement last week, including the long-awaited homescreen support. Screenshot: http://www.defora.org/os/download/download/3512/dse2-Screenshot-2.png The current images are there: http://build.hackable1.org/releases/dse2-beta/ Happy testing! -- khorben Original Message Subject: First beta version of the DeforaOS smartphone environment on hackable:1 Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:11:51 +0100 From: Pierre Pronchery khor...@hackable1.org Reply-To: hackable1-u...@lists.hackable1.org Organization: hackable:1 To: hackable1-...@lists.hackable1.org CC: hackable1-u...@lists.hackable1.org Dear hackable:1 developers and users, it is now time for me to announce the beta version of dse2, or second release of the DeforaOS smartphone environment as found on hackable:1. Is still adheres to the initial goal of hackable:1, as in: - based on Debian, - focusing on GNOME Mobile software and user experience. It features however an almost complete re-implementation of the user interface and telephony software compared to the last official release, rev5, which was based on the software stack from OpenedHand shipping on the Openmoko Freerunner for its launch, and known as Om2007.2. You can read more about the environment itself here already: https://trac.hackable1.org/trac/wiki/DeforaOSSmartphone And of course, the images themselves can be found there: http://build.hackable1.org/releases/dse2-beta/ where Hackable1-Openmoko-Freerunner-phone-2011.03a-rootfs.jffs2 is meant to be flashed to the NAND memory via dfu-util, and Hackable1-Openmoko-Freerunner-phone-2011.03a.tar.gz is for MicroSD cards in the expansion slot. The list of changes since dse1 are numerous, and I will certainly forget some, even while listing only the most significant ones: - complete re-implementation of the images generation system = images are now based on the new stable Debian version, squeeze = the images shipped no longer need apt trickery to be upgraded = support for other distributions than Debian can be easily added - major improvements to the user interface = more space for applications on the screen = the virtual keyboard is more usable (windows are resized when showed) = file associations can be set and changed directly from the file browser's preferences dialog = new web browser, task list manager and media player = usability fixes for finger-based interaction - improved telephony and mobility support = GPRS support was added = the screen locks automatically = suspend and resume are supported as well - newer kernel, with fixes for hardware support = MicroSD cards can be mounted again Unfortunately, not everything could always be kept as well as it was before, or improved as much as planned and hoped in time for this release: - the Show desktop button could be fixed, but there is no way to enable the homescreen yet = a proper integration with matchbox-window-manager is still required - pre-installed GPS support had to be removed = too many dependencies for gpsd - wireless support is also not pre-installed = too many dependencies for wicd - hardware buttons are still not supported = neod can now be installed again though - the HTC TouchPro is not supported in a decent way yet - support for other telephony backends (SIP, osmocore) is ongoing but still not good enough to be released here Although, there is still time to work some more on this version. My objective is to release dse2 next week-end, or after a release-candidate cycle if necessary. Let me know what should be done before then! Of course, I will welcome any other comments, feedback, bug reports, patches, contributions of any kind. Cheers and hope this helps! -- khorben ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Fwd: [Hackable1-user] First beta version of the DeforaOS smartphone environment on hackable:1
Le 21/03/2011 11:48, Pierre Pronchery a écrit : Dear community, hackable:1 is still alive, and even welcomed a new developer (hi Trim!) Better, we are currently preparing another release of hackable:1, based on the DeforaOS smartphone environment (details below). A number of fixes and improvements made it to the beta since its original announcement last week, including the long-awaited homescreen support. Screenshot: http://www.defora.org/os/download/download/3512/dse2-Screenshot-2.png The current images are there: http://build.hackable1.org/releases/dse2-beta/ Happy testing! -- khorben Very good news ! Thanks for this great work. I will continue to test this new distribution. Regards, Thomas ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Openmoko / Medion Wikireader?
Hi Patrick On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:10 AM, Patrick Beck pb...@yourse.de wrote: Am Samstag, den 19.03.2011, 20:40 +0800 schrieb Sean Moss-Pultz: Hi Patrick What would you like to hear in an official statement? We are very focused on making WikiReader a retail success. We sent a newsletter out in January talking about our progress: http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b982f5bdf55759b5b47661379id=17f3fdc0f8 3 times a year (quarterly) we update WikiReader's content. Usually with new languages and added Wikis (beyond just Wikipedia). i have not seen such a newsletter so it was a mistake by me. But i have not found it on http://thewikireader.com/a/blog/ We also announce this type of stuff on twitter (@wikireader) if you don't want to subscribe to the newsletter. Believe it or not, WikiReader is expensive to build. The quality is extremely high quality. We specifically designed it to last for a long time on very simple AAA batteries. This required special components that aren't commonly used in electronics these days. I know its not so easy and cheap, but you have hard competitors on the smartphone market. I own a Wikireader so i like the idea :) My father is very happy about it. His only problem is the display, because it has no background light (i know the battery). We hope to improve the screen one day. I feel your father's pain. I don't know if the problems are solved in a new version (i have to look for a update). My last problems was. - Table of contents would be very nice - the overview block from the wikipedia (where population, president, etc. are listed. For example in a article about a country) - kinetic scrolling is a bit messy to see where you are on a black/white display ;) We tried to simplify the layouts of Wikipedia a bit for device since many of the overviews are 3-4 pages of scrolling on our little screen. I don't think we'll get to those features soon. Although they are on our list. Are you programmer yourself? Our code on http://github.com/wikireader. So last but not least. My question about a official statement. How looks the future? I hope i can buy the third Openmoko device after Freerunner and Wikireader :) Thanks for your kind words. We'd love to make a lot more devices for you all. But our resources are tight these days. We are working on a third device. But it's only in the early prototype stages. WikiReader is going to occupy the majority of our time for a while. We really want to make it a retail success. Take care. Sean ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [Hackable1-user] First beta version of the DeforaOS smartphone environment on hackable:1
2011-03-21@11:48 Pierre Pronchery Is still adheres to the initial goal of hackable:1, as in: - based on Debian, - focusing on GNOME Mobile software and user experience. hi, I do not understand the second point... have you already considered LXDE, for example? can you argue this choice? My concerns are mainly about the GNOME footprint in a limited resource environment (and no, I've nothing against gnome's logo ^_^ hehehe) kind regards and tia for the answer(s)! -- ALFA21 IS PROVIDED AS IS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Openmoko / Medion Wikireader?
Hi Sean, Am Montag, den 21.03.2011, 21:22 +0800 schrieb Sean Moss-Pultz: Thanks for your kind words. We'd love to make a lot more devices for you all. But our resources are tight these days. We are working on a third device. But it's only in the early prototype stages. WikiReader is going to occupy the majority of our time for a while. We really want to make it a retail success. so i hope you sales enough Wikireaders so we can see the next device very soon :) with kind regards Patrick signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
mailing with the FR using mutt with random sig
Hi everyone.. I just want to tell you guys about my experiences with setting that up.. :) It's all written in a little blog, so those who are interested are very welcome thave a look at.. http://blog.azral.dnsalias.net Maybe you'll find other interesting bits there, too.. It's just a small home hosted server so bear with the speed, please.. and no DDoS.. ;) cheers.. -- Thomas -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ What is this 'Virtual' stuff? If it's there and you can see it --- it's real. If it's not there and you can see it --- it's virtual. If it's there and you can't see it --- it's transparent. If it's not there and you can't see it --- you erased it! -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ ( sent via mutt on my FreeRunner.. :) ) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: qtmoko calendar / google calendar
All better, thanks! Pretty neat to have my calendar on my phone now. Thinking about wrapping it up in a cron job so it automatically tries to sync every two hours or so. -- Forwarded message -- From: mossroy mossroy.moss...@gmail.com To: List for Openmoko community discussion community@lists.openmoko.org Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:12:17 +0100 Subject: Re: qtmoko calendar / google calendar I uploaded a version 0.5 of the script on http://mossroy.free.fr/ics2qtcal/ It now can handle correctly the date/times that are given in UTC format (which was the case in the test ics file you sent me, generated by google calendar) Please test it and let me know if it's ok for you. Le 18/03/2011 13:55, Wesley Frazier a écrit : QTMoko is set to New York for the timezone. Google Claendar is set to Eastern Standard. The timezones should match. It may be that Google Calendar does not preserve the timezone data in the ics file. It may present the entries in UTC or something. If there was a command-line option to just specify a time offset, I think that would be enough for me. If you would like a test google calendar / ics file let me know. I can provide one. Thanks! On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 5:51 AM,community-requ...@lists.openmoko.org wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: mossroymossroy.moss...@gmail.com To: community@lists.openmoko.org Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:51:18 +0100 Subject: Re: qtmoko calendar / google calendar It's certainly a timezone issue. I suppose you don't use the same timezone in google calendar and in QtMoko. I'll look into it, to see if I can fix that in the code. Any other issues with this script? I'm happy to see that it might be helpful for someone else than me :-) Regards, Mossroy Le 18/03/2011 00:39, Wesley Frazier a écrit : Ive been trying to setup these scripts here: http://mossroy.free.fr/ics2qtcal/v0.4/ to download my google calendar and sync it to my phone. Via the ics / private link download in google calendar, with partial success. Its working but there seems to be a time offset. All of the appointments on the phone that were synced from the google calendar are three or four hours ahead of their actual times. Any advices/suggestions? ___ 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
