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New Linux distro targets device resellers
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| An open source project has released a new, more "hackable" Debian-based Linux
| distribution for the Openmoko NeoFreerunner phone. The Hackable:1 group hopes
| to build a well-maintained, developer-friendly codebase for use by VARs
| (value-added resellers) building products on top of Openmoko's open hardware
| designs.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8495134030.html?kc=rss
MontaVista's new ARM11 Linux goodies
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| Of equal importance, said MacCartee, is that MontaVista is the "only Linux
| commercialization partner that provides big-endian support" for ARM11, a
| capability important to such ARM partners as Texas Instruments. MacCartee
| also claimed that the "fully debugged commericial quality" of the MontaVisa
| IDE and distro can "help product-development companies shorten their
| development time by weeks or months."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/18/montavista_arm11_linux/
Recent:
OpenMoko's OM2008.9 for the Neo FreeRunner
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| The OpenMoko project recently released a much-needed update to the official
| software stack of the Neo FreeRunner. I've had a FreeRunner for a few months
| and during that time I have used it to run everything from Debian to Qtopia
| (now known as QT Extended), so when OpenMoko announced the OM2008.9 update I
| eagerly upgraded to see what it had to offer.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/openmokos-om20089-neo-freerunner
OpenMoko CEO: Embrace fragmentation, diversity is a strength
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| During his presentation, Moss-Pultz looked back at the successes and
| challenges encountered by the OpenMoko community in the past year and talked
| about how the project's adaptability and commitment to freedom have
| contributed to its current status.
|
| Although the OpenMoko concept was initially met with enormous skepticism, it
| has achieved success and is now generating profit. The company's first
| handset, the Neo1973, was manufactured in limited quantity and sold out
| completely within the first three days after it launched. Demand for the
| product was unexpectedly high, and Moss-Pultz humorously remarked that it
| probably would have sold out faster if the servers had been able to better
| withstand the massive traffic.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080918-openmoko-ceo-embrace-fragmentation-diversity-is-a-strength.html
Open source phone goes to college
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| OpenLab will encourage students to develop their own projects based on
| Openmoko software and hardware, says Openmoko. Working with National Tsing
| Hua University, Openmoko has developed a curriculum for OpenLab that is being
| released under a creative commons share-alike license.
|
| [...]
|
| Stated Jyuo-Min-Shyu, Dean, Tsing Hua College of Electronic Engineering and
| Computer Sciences, "The lab is great, and we have Neo FreeRunner phones right
| at our students' fingertips."
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8959938447.html?kc=rss
Open Linux phone gets datacasts
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| The Communications Research Center Canada (CRC) has created a prototype
| handset that can receive datacasting signals. Its Linux-based "Openmokast"
| phone is built atop OpenMoko's open-source Neo FreeRunner phone platform, and
| along with typical smartphone functions, supports reception of live digital
| radio, video, and data broadcasts.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6565189083.html?kc=rss
I'm super excited to begin work on this project [porting DeviceScape to the
OpenMoko]
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| To the best of my knowledge this is the first (or one of the first) non-FIC
| commercial applications being ported/developed for the OpenMoko/FreeRunner
| stack.
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http://blog.holdenkarau.com/2008/08/im-super-excited-to-begin-work-on-this.html
First Openmoko Custom Phone Now Available and Wears a Debian Plaid Kilt
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| The Openmoko Neo Freerunner phone was released only a few weeks ago, and
| already, a customized version called the W.E. Phone is now available for
| purchase. So what's the difference between the naked-as-a-baby Neo and the
| Canadian-based W.E.? The latter comes with a full bundle of custom Google
| applications, on top of the core GNU/Linux OS base with dialing, SMS and
| contacts.
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http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/first-openmoko.html
OpenMoko Neo Freerunner - Part 1
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| Openmoko, born as a Free Software project under GPL and LGPL license, is
| dedicated to delivering an open software stack on mobile platforms. Openmoko
| shipped its first product, the Neo 1973, on July 9 2007; and then turned into
| a start-up company with one aim: create great mobile products using the
| Openmoko stack: Open. Mobile. Free.
|
| The first Openmoko product, the Neo 1973, sold exclusively through Openmoko
| Online Shop. It sold out in early February 2008.
|
| Openmoko started selling the Neo FreeRunner (GTA02), the second generation of
| Neo, on July 3, 2008. It is available through the Openmoko Online Shop or
| national distributers.
|
| I received my FreeRunner as part of the first batch of orders shipped on July
| 7th. I've now been playing with it for 10 days and these are my impressions.
|
| [...]
|
| All said and done I really like the phone. And, like the main devs, am
| hesitant to call it a "phone". It is really a handheld Linux computer that
| happens to have GPS and a GSM phone built-in.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2008/7/27/46753
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