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LCA: Addressing the failure of open source

LCA: Addressing the failure of open source

Posted Jan 18, 2012 19:07 UTC (Wed) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
In reply to: LCA: Addressing the failure of open source by aleXXX
Parent article: LCA: Addressing the failure of open source

Are there shipping devices?


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LCA: Addressing the failure of open source

Posted Jan 18, 2012 20:43 UTC (Wed) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359) [Link]

Yes. The GTA04 can run plasma-active.

See here: http://blog.the-leviathan.ch/?p=308

and is shipping. See here: http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04

(yes, this is still under development so it isn't perfect yet).

LCA: Addressing the failure of open source

Posted Jan 24, 2012 20:36 UTC (Tue) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510) [Link]

The GTA04 is a motherboard replacement for the Neo Freerunner or the Openmoko Neo 1973. Therefore you need such a device to install the new motherboard.

I hope they get beyond having such a rarefied audience.

LCA: Addressing the failure of open source

Posted Jan 25, 2012 0:41 UTC (Wed) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359) [Link]

True, but you can still buy the Neo Freerunner, and you'll see at the link I posted that you can order a complete phone (not sure how many they have parts for, but > 0).

Yes, I hope they/we get beyond such a narrow audience, but you have to start somewhere, and making cases is *hard* (though there have been small successes even there e.g. http://www.shapeways.com/shops/slyon)

LCA: Addressing the failure of open source

Posted Jan 25, 2012 0:57 UTC (Wed) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510) [Link]

Best of luck - we really do need this.

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