OpenZaurus 3.2 Released

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Posted by timothy on Sunday March 30, 2003 @11:15AM from the schmallness dept.

mpeg4codec writes "I was surfing around to-day and noticed that the OpenZaurus team has released OpenZaurus 3.2 Final. It's rather funny, because the ``unstable'' version still reads OpenZaurus 3.1-rc3.1. Wonder why they released this version as 3.2. They say lots of bug fixes and some new features. Check it out at the OpenZaurus web site."

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Re:I just installed it by floydigus · 2003-03-30 11:28 · Score: 1

A bit of stylus work should get you started!

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Great by Tuxinatorium · 2003-03-30 11:33 · Score: 4, Funny

This should fix lots of the bugs people have been having problems with in OpenZaurus 3.0, and hopefully OpenZaurus will become more popular mainstream now...

...because actually i'm just karma whoring and I never even heard of OpenZaurus until now.

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1. Re:Great by CrosseyedPainless · 2003-03-30 13:18 · Score: 1
  
  *lol* At least you're honest!
  
  That's what I like in a karma whore, honesty.
  
  BTW, it is better....
Version numbers by Spudley · 2003-03-30 11:33 · Score: 1

the ``unstable'' version still reads OpenZaurus 3.1-rc3.1. Wonder why they released this version as 3.2

Some software releases use odd version numbers for beta, and even numbers for release versions (or vice versa). Maybe this is one of them.

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1. Re:Version numbers by MazTaim · 2003-03-30 12:00 · Score: 1
  
  You know...I was wondering the same thing myself. It could get awefully confusing if you are attempting to install something from what you THINK is the latest feed. I guess you just have to look at it as stable = Even and testing/unstable=odd. Dunno...
great! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-30 11:34 · Score: 1, Interesting

Argh, this comes out JUST after I decided to go back to the Sharp ROM because of app instability and other problems. I'll probably stick with the Sharp ROM until 3.4 or so comes out just cuz I'm tired of re-doing all my to-do lists and settings (typing WEP keys on a thumb-keyboard is a bitch ya know?)

To anybody who's using it:

1) Does Opera work? I mean does it ALWAYS work without crashing on PNGs or other random reasons? I like it better than Konq, though I use both.

2) On that note: does Konq install properly? I couldn't get it to install. I guess that's just me because everybody uses it.

2) Does it come with any mail program that supports POP? Or POP+SSL? Does the stock ROM qtmail work with it yet?

3) Do the Hancom apps still work? I love that full-featured spreadsheet.

4) Do the tkc apps work (if anybody bought those)?

I think OZ is awesome but no third-party apps, including original ROM apps, worked for me!!!
1. Re:great! by MazTaim · 2003-03-30 11:48 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  1) I could never get it to play nice. You couldn't see the icons or button pictures correctly. It also tended to puke every now and then.
  
  2) Finally I was able to install Konquerer ok. It appears to hit the sites w/o even a hiccup. I got it to work by installing as many libs as I felt might be needed to run Konq. Don't ask, I just picked them at random. I really don't feel like digging around in the ipkgs to find the damed dependencies.
  
  3 or 2) There is always opiemail. I can't get it to work, but I probably didn't install enough libs or dependencies to make it work. As before, I am too lazy to figure out what they are.
  
  4 or 3) I have only been able to get word and sheet to work. The rest...well I don't do presentations from my PDA :)
  
  4 or 5) Dunno. I use alternative apps that work similar for less (free).
  
  According to several posts on the OpenZaurus-Users mailing list, any problems w/ 3rd party applications should be posted as bug reports. OZ is supposed to be as compatible w/ Sharp's ROM for 3rd party apps. That is a pretty hard standard to keep at all times in my opinion.
  
  All in all OZ 3.2 isn't bad, but if you only use your Zaurus for PIM stuff, I still say Sharp ROM is the way to go.
2. Re:great! by booch · 2003-03-31 06:01 · Score: 1
  
  typing WEP keys on a thumb-keyboard is a bitch ya know?
  
  Hook your Zaurus up to your PC and use VNC to do anything that requires a lot of typing.
  
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OZ 3.2 by MazTaim · 2003-03-30 11:36 · Score: 2, Informative

I have been playing around w/ it for the past few days. I must say this is the best release so far (as it should be :). Only beef I ever had involves the lack of documentation for installing stable feed ipkgs. You almost have to stumble around and pray you can install the correct dependencies. For instance, I am unable to install LIRC as it requires kernel-modules-2.4.6-rmk1-np2-embedix. Well...I have the kernel modules installed (duh...). I don't see any other ipkgs that meet this requirement in the stable feed.
I just got a Z myself... by RevAaron · 2003-03-30 14:48 · Score: 2, Interesting

I got a Zaurus SL-5500 with the posting of the awesome deal at HSN a week or two ago. It's an awesome machine, better than I expected coming from a Newton 2100.

One big beef I have: How the hell can I have more than one Opera web window open at a time?! You can on WinCE, and it sure seems silly for a Linux PDA with "so much more power" according to al lthe Linux and OPIE zealouts to not be able to have more than one browser window at a time. :P

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1. Re:I just got a Z myself... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-30 15:09 · Score: 0
  
  short answer: get your Konqueror on!
2. Re:I just got a Z myself... by RevAaron · 2003-03-30 16:18 · Score: 1
  
  I was thinking of that- the site listed with the IPK for Konq for the Sharp ROM no longer carries IPKs- the directory listing is now blank. I'd love to try it, but I don't have the setup to compile it all myself. :/
  
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