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OpenZaurus 3.3.5 Released

Posted by timothy on from the well-in-hand dept.

giantsfan89 writes "The OpenZaurus group announced that version 3.3.5 has been released, featuring Opie version 1.03 and kernel 2.4.18-embedix. From the new newsletter: 'As one of the few people participating on all the three above mentioned projects I recently volunteered to write regular newsletters from the inside - to keep you people informed (also to stop you from saying our projects are dead or on hibernation ;-)). We're seeking contributors, that's true - but we're aliving and kicking!' The newsletter talked about kernel improvement including 'speedups, cleanups and better power management'. Of course, OpenZaurus runs on other PDAs including the HP iPAQ, the SIEMENS SIMpad, and the M&N Ramses."

6 of 10 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Where to download? by giantsfan89 · · Score: 2, Informative

    The newsletter says that kernels and root images will be available within 48 hours.

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  2. Re:OpenZaurus vs. Whatever OS Zaurus ships with by giantsfan89 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Check out the docs and FAQs on the OpenZaurus website. Also here is a 'Why OpenZaurus' document.

    I like OZ better because the PIM apps offer more to me than the normal apps. However, I haven't gotten the Hancom apps or Opera to work yet on OZ.

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  3. Re:Where to download? by MazTaim · · Score: 5, Informative

    The location for all your 3.3.5 needs can be found here:

    http://www.openzaurus.org/official/testing/3.3.5 /

  4. Re:OpenZaurus vs. Whatever OS Zaurus ships with by MazTaim · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There was a time when OZ had ipkgs that were built around it. Sharp ROMS required either some serious homework to determine dependences or just plain guess work to get good software packages to work. There was also a time when OZ showed some improvement in performance, configurability, and so on and so forth.

    However, recently there has been a slow down in development for OZ and a vast improvement on Sharp ROMs. OZ has become a little "lacking" (IMHO) compared to other ROMs currently available.

    Because of this, other ROMs are more often preferred. I use TKC ROM currently. It is a nice clean-up of the Sharp ROM.

    As noted in the newsletter, current builds of OZ are soon to be depreciated in favor of OpenEmbedded (OE) builds. I expect vast improvements to show up there more frequently.

  5. Opie 1.0.2, not 1.0.3 by dpoulson · · Score: 3, Informative

    Slight error in article. Opie 1.0.3 was only released today, so isn't in OZ 3.3.5. They didn't have time to update it.

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  6. Re:OpenZaurus vs. Whatever OS Zaurus ships with by Lshmael · · Score: 2, Informative

    If Zaurus ships with Windows CE, well, then I guess OpenZaurus would be better if for nothing else than security.

    The Zaurus does not ship with Windows CE. You must be new around here.