<div dir="ltr">I'm writing a wifi connection program:<br><a href="http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Lint-wifi">http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Lint-wifi</a><br>My absolute deadline for getting this finished is LinuxWorld, but I fully expect it to be mostly done in a week or less (I only started writing it Sunday night and people are beta testing it already).<br>
Also, seeing as I'm one of the volunteers at LinuxWorld, I'll see you there!<br><br>Jeffrey Malone<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Michael Shiloh <<a href="mailto:michael@openmoko.org">michael@openmoko.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">That is a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing!<br>
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So, will the baby be named in some way for Openmoko :-)?<br>
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Thanks for the great story and the great smile, and best of luck!<br>
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Michele Renda wrote:<br>
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> I hope this story will not put you all to smile too much because I don't<br>
> think it merit too much to be discussed at LinuxWorld :)<br>
><br>
> I and my girlfriend decided to have a baby. Until now we used a online<br>
> service that was telling us when is the best moment to get it.<br>
> The only problem was that usually we don't have always internet with us,<br>
> expecially when we need.<br>
><br>
> So, I decided to write an application for Freerunner that can help us: I<br>
> *never* wrote an application for Linux. I knew only Java / VB / PHP.<br>
><br>
> I watched around and I read that FreeRunner will support Python and<br>
> PyGtk: I decided to use it (gtk) becuase in my desktop I use gnome<br>
> (Ubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9), and python because seem to be enougth easy.<br>
> I started to write it 3 days ago and now it is almost ready :)<br>
><br>
> I think it was a good choose for these reasons:<br>
><br>
> 1. I had the possibility to write it using a complete and fully<br>
> documented language ( with google you can solve almost all the problems)<br>
><br>
> 2. I can use my application also on my Desktop<br>
><br>
> 3. I can use a high level - interpreted language that make programming<br>
> easier (and a bit less clean :)<br>
><br>
> I will receive my FreeRunner next week, but for now I am surprised how<br>
> look on Gnome.<br>
><br>
> I'd like to release it under GPL. For me was wonderful to know that in<br>
> three days I had the possibility to make my custom application, without<br>
> the need to use a particular language / toolkit, without need to pay a<br>
> lot of money for producer SDK, and to be able to give it to a my friend<br>
> without the need to upload it to a store!<br>
><br>
> This for me mean freedom and this is the added value of Openmoko Freerunner.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Michael Shiloh wrote:<br>
>> Michele,<br>
>><br>
>> This sounds excellent.<br>
>><br>
>> I should add for all of you to consider: interesting is not just the<br>
>> application, but perhaps the ease with which you were able to develop,<br>
>> the convenience of testing, perhaps simply the inspiration of an open<br>
>> phone. And the challenges and difficulties as well for that matter.<br>
>><br>
>> These all make excellent topics for discussion when skeptics ask me<br>
>> what's so special about Openmoko.<br>
>><br>
>> So tell me your stories! They are valuable content for my talks.<br>
>><br>
>> Michael<br>
>><br>
>> Michele Renda wrote:<br>
>> Hi Michael<br>
>><br>
>> I am just finishing my first application for the Freerunner. It is<br>
>> python written and use gtk.<br>
>><br>
>> Are these toolkits allowed to the "campain"?<br>
>><br>
>> It is a very simple application, require no connectivity or big<br>
>> resource, but I never saw something like this in a phone.<br>
>><br>
>> I will give more details in the list when it will be ready<br>
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