Arch Linux on Freerunner

[Giovanni Scafora-2]

Hi guys,

I just noticed this project [1], It's awesome. :-)
What do you think about?
Cheers,

[1] http://archmobile.org/trac/wiki/AFR

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[Jaime Oyarzun Knittel]

Giovanni Scafora wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I just noticed this project [1], It's awesome. :-)
> What do you think about?
> Cheers,
>
> [1] http://archmobile.org/trac/wiki/AFR
>

I noticed a few days ago too. Thanks for remembering, I'm gonna try it
right now on a BeagleBoard.

Cheers!

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[Jaime Oyarzun Knittel]

Jaime Oyarzun Knittel wrote:

> Giovanni Scafora wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I just noticed this project [1], It's awesome. :-)
>> What do you think about?
>> Cheers,
>>
>> [1] http://archmobile.org/trac/wiki/AFR
>>
>
> I noticed a few days ago too. Thanks for remembering, I'm gonna try it
> right now on a BeagleBoard.
>
> Cheers!
>

Well, after some hours of work (most of the time downloading stuff) I
finally did it, I'm on the testing phase now, and of course trying to
compile more packages.

Here's a picture of the BeagleBoard working. I hope I can get a real
camera tomorrow, this one was taken with my cellphone
http://twitpic.com/9ri9r .

PS: If someone from archmobile.org reads this, please contact me, as
your e-mail servers doesn't work.

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[T-u-N-i-X]

Hey There,

I've never heard of BeagleBoard. As a user of it, have you tried playing HD?
I really would like to have one if can play various formats of digital video
and of course on Arch!

Cheers!


Alper KANAT <alperkanat@...>


On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 09:00, Jaime Oyarzun Knittel <
joyarzun@...> wrote:

> Jaime Oyarzun Knittel wrote:
> > Giovanni Scafora wrote:
> >> Hi guys,
> >>
> >> I just noticed this project [1], It's awesome. :-)
> >> What do you think about?
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> [1] http://archmobile.org/trac/wiki/AFR
> >>
> >
> > I noticed a few days ago too. Thanks for remembering, I'm gonna try it
> > right now on a BeagleBoard.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
>
> Well, after some hours of work (most of the time downloading stuff) I
> finally did it, I'm on the testing phase now, and of course trying to
> compile more packages.
>
> Here's a picture of the BeagleBoard working. I hope I can get a real
> camera tomorrow, this one was taken with my cellphone
> http://twitpic.com/9ri9r .
>
> PS: If someone from archmobile.org reads this, please contact me, as
> your e-mail servers doesn't work.
>
> --
> mitoyarzun
> http://www.archlinux.org
>

[James Rayner-2]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:43 AM, Alper KANAT<tunix@...> wrote:
> Hey There,
>
> I've never heard of BeagleBoard. As a user of it, have you tried playing HD?
> I really would like to have one if can play various formats of digital video
> and of course on Arch!

Apparently HD capable:
http://beagleboard.org/hardware

It looks really cool! It'd be a great replacement for the crappy
laptop mpd/backup/print server I have setup.

[Stefano Z.-3]

GREAT!
I've a n800 , but i prefere to wait some more packages will become available
:)

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Giovanni Scafora <giovanni@...>wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I just noticed this project [1], It's awesome. :-)
> What do you think about?
> Cheers,
>
> [1] http://archmobile.org/trac/wiki/AFR
>
> --
> Arch Linux Developer
> http://www.archlinux.org
> http://www.archlinux.it
>

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[Jaime Oyarzun Knittel]

Alper KANAT wrote:
> Hey There,
>
> I've never heard of BeagleBoard. As a user of it, have you tried playing HD?
> I really would like to have one if can play various formats of digital video
> and of course on Arch!
>
> Cheers!
>

I tried the Angstrom distribution, connected to a DVI-capable monitor
through the HDMI port on the beagle. I only tried to play a 720p video,
but the problem was the speed of the SD card so the framerate wasn't good.

Maybe with arch+mplayer+patches it'll do better, because it has a DSP
chip. But I don't plan to test it soon because my goal is to stream
compressed video from a webcam via wi-fi, and I don't have a monitor to
test on :P

I'd highly recommend this piece of hardware, it's cheap, has audio
in/out, a powerful processor, HDMI/S-Video connector and a mini-usb port.

Keep checking http://archmobile.org/.

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[Dieter Plaetinck]

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:11:24 +0200
"Stefano Z." <ml.iscrizioni@...> wrote:

> GREAT!
> I've a n800 , but i prefere to wait some more packages will become
> available :)
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Giovanni Scafora
> <giovanni@...>wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I just noticed this project [1], It's awesome. :-)
> > What do you think about?
> > Cheers,
> >
> > [1] http://archmobile.org/trac/wiki/AFR
> >
> > --
> > Arch Linux Developer
> > http://www.archlinux.org
> > http://www.archlinux.it
> >
>
>
>

Hi,
When you install Arch on a device such as the freerunner, nokia n800,
(t-mobile G1/2/3 ?) do you still have the ability to make/receive phone
calls and sms'es?  I'm looking for the perfect personal organizer
(linux with extensive userland so I can run/do everything I want, good
keyboard etc) that can also function as a phone. (see
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=75385 )

I'm not afraid of hacking a bit myself but in the end I want reliable
phone-features as well.

I would really appreciate your input.
thanks
Dieter

[Jaime Oyarzun Knittel]

Dieter Plaetinck wrote:

> Hi,
> When you install Arch on a device such as the freerunner, nokia n800,
> (t-mobile G1/2/3 ?) do you still have the ability to make/receive phone
> calls and sms'es?  I'm looking for the perfect personal organizer
> (linux with extensive userland so I can run/do everything I want, good
> keyboard etc) that can also function as a phone. (see
> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=75385 )
>
> I'm not afraid of hacking a bit myself but in the end I want reliable
> phone-features as well.
>
> I would really appreciate your input.
> thanks
> Dieter

Well, the N800 isn't a mobile phone, it's like a sub-sub-netbook :P

I think you could grab the mobile phone capabilities from the
smartphone's original OS's (like OpenMoko) or am I wrong?

Good look with this :)

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[Dieter Plaetinck]

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:20:52 -0400
Jaime Oyarzun Knittel <joyarzun@...> wrote:

> Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> > Hi,
> > When you install Arch on a device such as the freerunner, nokia
> > n800, (t-mobile G1/2/3 ?) do you still have the ability to
> > make/receive phone calls and sms'es?  I'm looking for the perfect
> > personal organizer (linux with extensive userland so I can run/do
> > everything I want, good keyboard etc) that can also function as a
> > phone. (see http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=75385 )
> >
> > I'm not afraid of hacking a bit myself but in the end I want
> > reliable phone-features as well.
> >
> > I would really appreciate your input.
> > thanks
> > Dieter
>
> Well, the N800 isn't a mobile phone, it's like a sub-sub-netbook :P
>
> I think you could grab the mobile phone capabilities from the
> smartphone's original OS's (like OpenMoko) or am I wrong?
>
> Good look with this :)
>

Oops, i confused the n800 with the n97.  The n97 has an ARM cpu,
so all my questions remain, only s/n800/n97 :)

Dieter

[Peter Cannon-3]

2009/7/10 Jaime Oyarzun Knittel <joyarzun@...>:

> Well, the N800 isn't a mobile phone, it's like a sub-sub-netbook :P

I presume this will work on the N810 ? I read the 'Install
instructions' but they seem to be for the openmoko any ideas on where
the to find instructions for the N810?

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