Archive for July, 2006

Sound support for poodle/2.6

OpenZaurus team July 12th, 2006

Yesterday Richard ‘RP’ Purdie (our master kernel hacker) got sound working on poodle under 2.6.17 kernel.

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OpenZaurus 3.5.4.1 release

Marcin Juszkiewicz July 6th, 2006

The OpenZaurus Project is proud to present a new release of its free Linux software environment for Sharp’s Linux-based Zaurus PDAs.

OpenZaurus 3.5.4.1 supports clamshell Zaurus models and includes about 13,000 packages ready to install. The non-clamshell models can use the software feeds from 3.5.4.1 to update their base system.

Additional release highlights of the 3.5.4.1 OpenZaurus release include:

  • Opie 1.2.1
  • GPE 2.7
  • WPA support
  • Linux kernel 2.6.16
  • Keymap corrections for all machines
  • Fixed keyboard repeat
  • Lots of Bluetooth base system improvements
  • drivers for USB WiFi dongles

Englightment images will get provided later - we had some build problems with them.

The release supports the following Sharp Zaurus models:

  • c7×0 (C700, C750, C760, C860, SL-7500)
  • akita (SL-C1000)
  • spitz (SL-C3000, SL-C3100, SL-C3200)

Release work would not be possible without the OpenEmbedded buildsystem which took most of the work from our shoulders.

You can help to speed up development by donating money and/or devices to our developers. Compared to other open source projects we receive very few donations, although we spend a lot of our precious spare time and deliver lots of good work. So if you are regularly using OpenZaurus, consider donating developers.

See the Release Notes for important notes before you install OpenZaurus 3.5.4.1. Also see Installation instructions.

Release can be downloaded from our mirrors:

if you want to setup mirror contact CoreDump ( oe (AT) hentges. net ).

Marcin Juszkiewicz OpenZaurus 3.5.4x Release Manager