Hi Vijay<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 16/07/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Vijay Vaidyanathan</b> <<a href="mailto:vvaidy@gmail.com">vvaidy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div dir="ltr">I'm trying to make a decision on whether to drop in a new distribution to replace the 2007.2 that came preinstalled on my FR.<br><br><br>Is there an "official" distribution that is blessed and "supported" by "OpenMoko - The Company" and is most future-proof.</div>
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<div>Yes, this is the ASU that Openmoko is funding development of </div>
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<div>However, it is not ready yet.</div>
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<div>| I get the feeling that the answer is "not really" </div>
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<div>More like not really ready yet</div>
<div>Openmoko are also keen to see community based efforts e.g. SHR</div><br>
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<div dir="ltr">and that users are sort of expected to pick whatever one they feel like hacking or think might eventually win out. If that is so, I have two follow up questions:<br><br>1. Why has OpenMoko (The Company) chosen not to support one definitive distribution as its official one? I'd like to understand the logic behind it. What are end-users (i.e. those who will surely have no desire to flash a new distro) expected to be eventually using?</div>
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<div>They have.</div>
<div><br>Originally 2007.2 was the supported / official one - i think they paid Openhand to make this for them. Then they recognised the enormity of the task around making this a complete working distro (also underlying probs with stability of gsmd) and realised they needed to take advantage of the Trolltech work</div>
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<div>Now it is ASU .... be patient...</div>
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<div dir="ltr">2. Which distro are you currently using, and why?</div></blockquote>
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<div>None, i don't have a FR yet</div>
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<div>JW</div></div>