Opie 1.2.3 Release Announcement

The Opie Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 
1.2.3 of the Open Palmtop Integrated Environment, a comprehensive user 
environment and application suite for portable devices running Linux.

Version 1.2.3 builds upon the last stable version (1.2.2, released May 
2006), and provides a rich graphical user environment and comprehensive 
selection of applications. Applications include personal information 
management (PIM), media players for many different audio and video formats, 
viewers for images and electronic documents, games and many utilities for 
file transfer, connectivity with other computers, etc. As with previous 
versions, Opie continues to provide binary compatibility with applications 
developed for Trolltech's Qtopia environment.

Opie supports synchronization with desktop computers using Qtopia Desktop, and 
more recently OpenSync. OpenSync is a universal synchronisation framework  
which is usable through KDE's KitchenSync tool. OpenSync frontends for 
GNOME are also in development.

Like most Linux software, Opie is able to run on a wide variety of platforms. 
Opie has direct hardware support for Hewlett Packard iPAQ, Sharp Zaurus, Yopy, 
Siemens SIMpad devices, and now also various Palm handhelds. Opie is provided 
in several Linux distributions including Familiar.

Summary of changes since version 1.2.2:

  * Added support for the Palm Tungsten T/T2/T3/T5/C/E/E2, LifeDrive, TX, Zire 
71/72, Treo 600/650/680/700w/700p/750/755p and Foleo handhelds
  * Improved support for some newer iPAQ models using the Linux 2.6 kernel
  * Improved HTC Universal handheld support
  * Opie-Remote: added integrated remote learning and improved usability
  * Many, many bugfixes and minor improvements

For full details on the changes in this release and previous releases, please 
see the Opie change log at http://opie.handhelds.org/docs/changelog .

Getting Opie

Source code for all software is available on the Opie website at the following 
location: http://opie.handhelds.org/feed/source/stable

Binary packages for version 1.2.3 will be provided with the next versions of 
Familiar and very likely other Linux distributions. For more information about 
Familiar, please visit the Familiar homepage (see Links section below).

Links

  * Opie Homepage, http://opie.handhelds.org
  * Familiar Linux, http://familiar.handhelds.org - Linux distribution for 
HP iPAQ handheld PDAs
  * KDE, http://kde.org - Desktop environment which includes the KitchenSync 
synchronization tool
  * Trolltech, http://trolltech.com - creators of Qtopia and Qtopia Desktop, 
a cross-platform, desktop PIM application
  * OpenSync, http://www.opensync.org - a modular synchronization framework 
for Linux systems

Contact

Dan Williams, drw@handhelds.org - Opie 1.2.3 Release Coordinator

For more information on contacting the Opie Team, please visit: 
http://opie.handhelds.org/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/Contact
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