[Gta04-owner] Openmoko Community Survey 2011 – Results

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 16.01.2012 um 17:15 schrieb Michael Born:
>> 
>> 
>> I know there are many distros available and I believe at least one should be
>> able to provide stable phone usage but maybe not on every "release".
>> 
>> Therefore, I think you may need to accept that there might be images that
>> works, but upgrading can introduce a risk.
>> 
>> I think (and hope) that we can provide a list with well known working images
>> when the experts got the platform fully supported... I cannot say how long
>> this will take, but they don't start from scratch (as many distros now exists
>> for GTA02).
> My point is: just promote ONE image with basic functionality to attract
> interested people like me. Give me the feeling that I buy a working phone.

Well, the GTA04 is intended to be distribution-agnostic and leave it to you what
you install. It does NOT want to come with some predecision.

This of course means that the hardware and the kernel works and does not
need strange workarounds.

> When I have time I will try other images and new features. If they don't
> work - ok, I write bug reports and restore the "basic functionality
> image" to have a working phone.

Maybe it is simply not well known: QtMoko works quite completely in almost
all important features (phone calls, SMS, internet, player).

The only major hurdle is suspend which is not a problem of any
distribution but a (still buggy) kernel feature.

Very stable is Debian (but there is no good GUI for any phone functionality).

The status of the working features can be deduced from (if user space control
is described, the feature works):

http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-kernel/page/Devices-Overview/

and

http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-kernel/page/Mainline-Status/

Nikolaus