The poll was open for about 3 weeks now and we got votes from 185 people. Thanks to all those who participated and thus helped to decide on the future of the Om community.
I decided to close the poll now and release the results to the mailinglists. To create a ranking I gave 1 point to a "YES" vote and 0.5 points to a "(YES)" vote. The maximum (100%) is 73 points. The rankings didn't change in round 2 of this poll. Just the percentages changed in a range of +-5%. RANKINGS: ========= Software Side: 1. SHR 112.5 points (61%) 2. QtMoko 99.5 points (54%) 3. Debian 75.5 points (41%) 4. Other Distro 40.0 points (22%) Hardware Side: 1. Om GTA02 158.5 points (86%) 2. Goldelico GTA04 71.0 points (38%) 3. Nokia N900 34.0 points (18%) 4. Other Device 26.0 points (14%) 5. Palm Pre (+variants) 14.5 points ( 8%) 6. Om GTA01 9.5 points ( 5%) 7. Google Nexus S 7.0 points ( 4%) On the software side SHR is still the most popular distro, directly followed by QtMoko. Quiet a few people commented, that they intend to code their own software/GUI mostly to educated themselves. On the hardware side the Om GTA02 is the clear winner, followed by the Goldelico GTA04. Even though very few people have a GTA04, yet, there seems to be quite some interest. COMMENTS: ========= sanvy: Debian: Defora OS for developing SHR: only in case of emergency QtMoko: never used qt after qtextended, but i follow changelogs. Other distro: Android Cupcake GTA04: only if the price goes under 300€ I use FR as daily phone since 2008. Macros: My Openmoko Screen is currently broken and I haven't yet found time to fix it. My N900 has an hardware issue. The internal memory has gone "crazy" and the writing errors destory the OS after a few days. When I send it to nokia care, the reflash the OS and it breaks again. Even though I gave them a detailed description. Other device: G1 Android. It feels crappy and like I am tied to a brick but at least my only working phone Evgeniy: Other device: Samsung Galaxy S Maximilian: Other distro: Android Other device: Samsung Galaxy Nexus GTA04: if the pris goes at least under 300 EUR Pinky: Other device comment: Acer N35 (sometimes -is pretty old) Niels Heyvaert: AoF is missing on this list Jorge Costa: "the problem is that android 2.2 is too slow for common..." Jorge Costa: I have a few must have needs in my phone: google contact sync(over 2000contacts), gps+maps, GPRS+wifi. so far only android 2.2 fullfilled all of these, QTMOKO allows me to sync my contacts from google contacts, but the address book in unusable as it doesn't have a search function. (scrolling through contacts is impossible). The problem is that 2.2 is too slow for common day usage, and it crashes quite often guyou: qtMoko makes my GTA2 a daily phone. If I have to change, I wish a phone with keyboard, like N900. aloniv: Qtmoko works as a phone other than GPRS (which crashes the phone) and encrypted wifi (which I wasn't able to setup via the graphical interface). Om2009 actually provides GPRS, phone functionality and wireless (via Saskia) quite well, although the phone software is very very basic. I couldn't receive SMS messages with SHR and Debian's default phone software wasn't usable (no sound was played when receiving a call). Hackable1 wasn't usable as a phone either (couldn't receive calls). losinggeneration: Only QtMoko actually works for me, SHR is unable to receive SMS messages, & I also use Android-on-freerunner 2.2 some, but it's quite slow. pothos: Android-on-Freerunner 2.2 Muhammad Ayaz: I have N900 but Installation process of SHR is too much difficult as I am window user and noob to Linux, If possible Community should write some easy tutorial for installation. Thanks rhn: After switching to n900 when my GTA02 died, I'm never switching back to a phone without any form of physical keyboard. Otherwise I'd be interested in GTA04. blat: Other OS: Nemo Mobile (based on Mer) Mirv: Other device: Nokia N9. I try to keep http://wiki.debian.org/Mobile/Nokia_N9 about up-to-date, while most of the distro action currently is on Mer/Nemo side. Nick Sheppard: I've been using my GTA02 as my everyday phone for a year and a half, first with SHR, then QtMoko v24, then SHR again. I've just signed up for the GTA04 Group Tour. I've tinkered with Android-on-FreeRunner, and I'd be interested in a NetBSD port, especially since I discovered that Android took a lot of its userland glibc from NetBSD and OpenBSD. Finally MANY thanks to all involved in the FreeRunner project - this community has made the Freerunner my favorite toy! Ed: I run gentoo as the OS on my GTA02 and want to write my own phone app too, just for fun. So i like an OS that has as little dependencies as possible, and a distro that uses well established software for wifi (wpa_supplicant), Bluetooth (Bluez), Gps (gpsd) etc. Rezza: I sold my GTA02 (now I'm sad, I'd like to get one again , now using N9 (Harmattan PR 1.1), I have also N950 (Harmattan PR 1.2) and N900 (with Maemo 5 and Nemo) and one pre-production C7 JLuis: I will try to get a N900 or a samsung Galaxy S Zeroedout: Other distro: AoF (Android on Freerunner), not usually as daily use, mostly just for testing cool android things and seeing if there are performance / stability improvements. urodelo: Other distro: android for gta02/gta04 and/or replicant; webos on gta04 if it'll be available/worth Robin: Other distro is the android port for the freerunner for my wife's phone. with two kids to feed and just one income the gta04 is unfortunately about 75eur too expensive (compared to the early bird fee). may another poll to see how many people have an interest in really buying the gta04 at certain fees would good. Boudewijn: (Yes), ifneedbe, I use a Motorola A780. Mostly that's not necessary, but sometimes for weeks in a row, something seems "wrong" with my Freerunner and/or the software. jogness: For my GTA02 and GTA04 I plan on putting together my own rootfs and write my own applications for a mobile phone interface that fits to what I want. Until I get that far, I'm using QtMoko. My only interests: speed and functionality. Yoram: I would love to have GTA04 but it's not possible for me righ now. I use WebOS on Pre 3 and will be happy to have supported free distro for it. pini: Debian + QtMoko : because QtMoko installs itself on top of Debian GTA04 : I don't have one yet, but I'm on the next group buy. And I'll fallback to one from stock if the group Matthias: Other distro comment: I'd like to use a *BSD port LINKS: ====== Source: http://www.doodle.com/sh6insnivnvqyz7h
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