On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 03:27:54PM +0200, Thibaut Girka wrote: > Hi, > As you might know, I will soon be working on debian-installer support for the > Freerunner (and probably other "similar" devices) as a GSoC student[1]. > > Before starting the actual work, I would like to have your opinion on a few > points: > > 1°) µSD, yes, but NAND? > In any case, µSD will be supported, but do you think it is worthy to provide > support for Debian on the NAND? > It shouldn't be that hard, but I don't think there is any benefit in it, > since there is only 256MB available.
I suggest experimenting with ubifs for NAND. > 2°) What bootloader should be supported? Qi? U-Boot? Both? > The boot process slightly differs between Qi and U-Boot. > The installation process will use the ROM U-Boot (since it's available on any > FR, and provide useful things like DFU), > but once Debian is installed, it should be easier to use Qi. > What about U-Boot support? Is it really needed? Should we assume Qi is > installed on the NAND? > Or maybe install it ourselves (but this way sounds far too intrusive)? I'm a qi user, but I think it should be no problem to support both in the way the install.sh script does (by setting symlinks) > 3°) Which Desktop Environment should be the default? > Gnome is the default DE for a desktop installation of Debian, but it, of > course, isn't suitable for the FR. > I guess the main challengers are: > * XFCE: quite similar to Gnome, stable, usable, it has been in Debian for a > long time and there is already a task for it > * Illume: faster and finger-friendly, but much more experimental, and > available in unstable only > 4°) The phone suite > Well, after all, the FreeRunner is a phone. > A quick testing of Zhone, already available in Debian, shows that it seems > reliable and relatively fast. > However, it is really simple, and does not provide many features. > Then, do you use your FR as a phone? If yes, what software do you use? I think it would be cool to have a SHR rule, which installs a system similar to the SHR distribution. Btw: SHR guys are currently switching to fsogsmd, so less python and more speed :) I think a selection like this would be cool: Phone Middlelayer: [ ] FSO [ ] oFono [ ] omhacks Phone UI: (this should just show, what's working with the selected middlelayer) [ ] SHR [ ] Zhone [ ] ? Desktop: [ ] Illume [ ] XFCE I guess FSO and oFono as well as the window managers should be XOR'd (so just one possible). -- Sebastian
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