Thanks Bearstech! If you guys get a chance to join us at CES I'd love to show off hackable to the press.
Marcus Bauer wrote: > > Hey guys, > > fully in the spirit of "release early, release often" we want to > announce hackable:1, a new distribution for the Neo and other hackable > devices. > > > What is hackable:1 ? > ==================== > > Hackable:1 is based on the DebianOnFreerunner but packaging the > OM2007.2 applications, extending and bugfixing them. It is intended to > become a stable platform for the VAR market and fun to use for > everybody else. > > The important part is that hackable:1 is not only open to community > contributions but we are actively encouraging them and we do the full > development in public on IRC channels and mailing lists - no decisions > behind closed doors, no sudden changes of directions. We want to > produce a stable, linearly evoluting platform. > > Hackable:1 is running from 2GB SD cards simply because they have > become so cheap that there is little reason to fiddle with the > restrictions of the limited space of the built-in flash. Therefore we > can ship with a full set of development tools ready installed to > get you started with mobile development in minutes. No more need to > wait 20 hours until Openembedded is finished with its set up. No more > need for flashing - but we will also soon provide a flash image for > those of you who need the space on the SD card for other things. > > We have a full LAMP stack too, for those countless of you out there who > are more proficient with PHP than C or C++. > > Not to forget that you can make phone calls and send SMS... And you can > even print. Get yourself a USB gender changer and connect your printer > to the Neo. It works - beat that all you iPhonies out there! (A gender > changer is just a few dollars on ebay). > > > > Then what have we done so far? > ============================== > > Some of the highlights: > > * we packaged OM2007.2 as .deb packages: dialer, sms, contacts, neod, > phone-kit, gsmd, matchbox, panel applets > * we improved sound quality (fixes for gsmd for echo cancellation) > * another fix for gsmd to suppress the reregistering of some phones > (OM bug #1024) > * extended the aux and power menus. For example you can now easily > switch between USB host and device mode or connect to a bluetooth > keyboard > * a simple onscreen keyboard with all hacker characters on a short > press on the AUX button > * GPS works out of the box > * switch on and off accelerometer-based autorotate > * fixed matchbox-windowmanager crash-bug > * if sms send fails there is now an error dialog > * many GPRS providers preconfigured for easy use > * matchbox-stroke is included (it is fun!) > * preconfigured for GSM multiplexing, i.e. having calls and sms coming > in during a GPRS session (not activated by default) > * x2x works out of the box (using your desktop mouse and keyboard on > the Neo) > * that battery applet shows plenty of battery info now (you need to > install the notification-daemon first) > > > Where do we want to go? > ======================= > > First of all: we want to make it a community distribution implementing > (with some freedom) the GNOME Mobile stack. Thus come and join us on > our mailing lists, on IRC #hackable1 on freenode, file bug reports for > enhancements and start to hack yourself. If you have eyes that can > distinguish between more than black, white and orange, and you have > graphical skills, we will be happy for your help to add colors to the > theme! > > In general we intend to work closely together with other open source > projects, most notably DebianOnFreerunner where remarkable work has > been done already. > > > > How do you install it? > ====================== > > It comes as a tarball, thus you need a 2 GB SD card (SanDisk work well) > and a card reader for your PC / Laptop. You just have to partition and > format the SD card and then simply untar the tarball onto it. Five > minutes and you are done, no lengthy installation process or flashing. > Your flash even remains untouched, so you can easily give it a test run. > > > About Bearstech > =============== > > Bearstech is a French FLOSS innovation engineering company. > Bearstech is also the French distributor of Openmoko products and > supporting the efforts of hackable:1 with infrastructure and developers. > > > You can find everything and involve yourself in: > http://www.hackable1.org > > The download is at: > http://www.hackable1.org/hackable1/?C=M;O=D > > The installation guide is at: > http://www.hackable1.org/wiki/Documentation > > > -- The hackable:1 developer team -- > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
