security, packaging, compatibility

2007-11-14 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
I read the onlamp.com article about android, and there are a few issues where I'm thinking "wow, they are getting this right!" and "but what is openmoko doing in this area?". namely: security: I read android will confine each application by both using java sandbox security, but also by having an e

Re: start writing applications - how?

2007-11-14 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
Jeff Andros wrote: > you're on the community list... that kind of stuff should either be on > openmoko-dev or openmoko-apps depending on the sort of application you're > writing ok, since I don't want to improve the openmoko core itself, but write some application to install and run on my moko,

start writing applications - how?

2007-11-12 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
On the list I see next to no mails about people writing applications for moko. What would be the best way to start doing that? I'd prefer some script language over C or C++ by far. Has any script language been integrated into the openmoko default image these days, or would I need to install some i

compile problem: OOM when compiling

2007-08-17 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
When compiling busybox (from memory need to check) cc1 started eating > 900M and soon my system was no longer useable. I tried this several times last evening and this morning ("make update-makefile && make update && make setup && make openmoko-devel-image"). Does anyone see this problem too? my h

which build system works for you?

2007-08-15 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
Hi, I'd like to use the same mechanism the core developers use for building openmoko images, so I can help with testing, and start writing my own apps using the latest code and style as the rest of openmoko. The problem is the wiki contains many different ways to build openmoko and they are eithe

Re: projects of interest?

2007-07-19 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
I would like to train my vocabulary while in the subway. a simple application that shows me a word, and when I tab ob it the translation with two buttons ok / wrong, so I can entwe if I knew it would be enough. combine that with retrying those I got wrong more often and it would help me a lot. if

Re: Free Your Phone

2007-01-20 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
Dave Crossland wrote: The FAQ for your particular question is at http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#many which tells us The principal developer is the GNU Project. I don't think so, and even more important: It can't be fair to give all the credit to one secondary

Re: suggested development toolkit for games?

2007-01-07 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
Joe Pfeiffer wrote: Anything you want! :) It's my understanding that the apps coming with the phone will use gtk+, so using that would give you a more similar look and feel. If you like C++, the gtkmm wrapper around gtk+ works really well. Qt is also quite popular. The challenge for applicati

suggested development toolkit for games?

2007-01-07 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
I wrote a game in turbo pascal a decade or two ago. if I wanted to rewrite it for openmoko, which toolkit etc. would I use for the graphics and sound effects? rewriting this game once more is always a nice way for me to learn some new language and toolkit and do something useful at the same time.

Re: idea: security badge consolidation?

2006-12-09 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
On 12/1/06, justin hugh daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i work with multiple clients and vendors, and have amassed a good number of security badges. i was curious about the feasibility of being able to program the transmitter to send out the appropriate badge id based on location? well. that

usb host support?

2006-11-22 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
maybe it would be interesting to have usb host support in the mobile phone? not because normal users need it, but developers could play the "what if we had a phone with x/y/z" game much easier by adding such hardware via usb, and writing cool applications for it. later the next generation could a

Re: wlan and voip

2006-11-17 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
I'm very keen on getting an openmoko phone too! if there is anything I can help with, please let me know (I know smartcards well if that helps, and have some general clue about packaging and compiling software etc. - maybe either is of any help?) about the voip capabilities: can the mobile phone

Re: A nice idea for the gps

2006-11-17 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
The slides mentioned "apt-get install". will that be the official install system? It might be nice too to have some application to manage the mobile phone, maybe in a way the system is mirrored on a pc, which might be a nice thing for backups anyway. on the other hand that might be less comforta