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<p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">most of the links for the tablet devices are already also in the wiki <a href="http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Active/Installation" target="_blank">http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Active/Installation</a> in the respective sections.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Regards,</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Karlheinz.</p>
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On December 2, 2011 at 7:00 PM martin brook <martin.brook100@googlemail.com> wrote:<br />
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Carl,
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- Is the information you sent documented somewhere?
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You are welcome to link to the information/documentation where you think fit but remember this is developer stuff at the moment and all linked from the Mer wiki and my blog.
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I have a couple of videos to link as well :) Some have been reported by a few sites but its difficult to get wider coverage as a lone developer so would welcome the exposure you plan.
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xFbWDXTqLk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xFbWDXTqLk</a>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wj7FBtHFFM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wj7FBtHFFM</a>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEjLMYXxN9Y">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEjLMYXxN9Y</a>
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<a href="http://martinbrook.blogspot.com/2011/11/mer-since-demise-of-meego-group-of.html">http://martinbrook.blogspot.com/2011/11/mer-since-demise-of-meego-group-of.html</a>
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BR
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vgrade
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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Carl Symons <span><<a href="mailto:carlsymons@gmail.com">carlsymons@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br />
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Hello Martin,<br />
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Is the information you sent documented somewhere accessible by<br />
potential users and interested bystanders? If not, we--the team--need<br />
to put structures in place so that information is shared easily and<br />
widely.<br />
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Of course I'm interested in technical details as a kiddie mad<br />
scientist (I don't code, but I delight in demoing Plasma, especially<br />
PA on the ExoPC). But my main interest is in getting visibility for<br />
Mer, Plasma Active, KDE, basysKom, open-slx, all developers, FOSS,<br />
community, goodness & light. People's hard work and good software need<br />
exposure to realize more potential.<br />
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In addition to developing the technology, there's also a need also to<br />
pay attention outside of technical boundaries. And this requires<br />
planning too. This is almost a User Experience challenge at the level<br />
of the whole product...not just how Contour works, but how all the<br />
pieces fit together that are associated with FOSS-on-mobile-devices.<br />
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The work that y'all are doing is amazing. I can hardly wait for PA2<br />
and for somebody to present at the local LUG, demonstrating replacing<br />
Ice Cream Sandwich on their Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Mer and Plasma.<br />
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Carl<br />
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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:45 AM, martin brook<br />
<<a href="mailto:martin.brook100@googlemail.com">martin.brook100@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br />
> Hi,<br />
><br />
> Carl, good to see so much interest.<br />
><br />
> I've been working on porting Plasm Active to Advent Vega (Tegra2), Nokia<br />
> N950, trimslice and lately G9 with an unlocked device from Archos in my<br />
> spare time.<br />
><br />
> There are instructions and images for N950 and Trimslice at<br />
><br />
> <a href="http://images.formeego.org/trimslice/" target="_blank">http://images.formeego.org/trimslice/</a><br />
> <a href="http://images.formeego.org/n950/plasma-active/" target="_blank">http://images.formeego.org/n950/plasma-active/</a><br />
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> Instructions and images for Advent Vega and point of view Tegra 2 tablet at<br />
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> <a href="http://share.basyskom.com/contour/Deployment/latest-basyskom-plasma-active-tegra2-mer.html" target="_blank">http://share.basyskom.com/contour/Deployment/latest-basyskom-plasma-active-tegra2-mer.html</a><br />
> <a href="http://share.basyskom.com/contour/Deployment/mer_arm_install_archive/point_of_view_nvidia_tegra2/readme.txt" target="_blank">http://share.basyskom.com/contour/Deployment/mer_arm_install_archive/point_of_view_nvidia_tegra2/readme.txt</a><br />
> <a href="http://share.basyskom.com/contour/Deployment/mer_arm_install_archive/point_of_view_nvidia_tegra2/" target="_blank">http://share.basyskom.com/contour/Deployment/mer_arm_install_archive/point_of_view_nvidia_tegra2/</a><br />
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> G9 Images and kernel can be found here, although you will need an onlocked<br />
> bootloader which I understand will ba avaiable in the next few days.<br />
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> <a href="http://share.basyskom.com/contour/Deployment/mer_arm_install_archive/archos-generation-9/" target="_blank">http://share.basyskom.com/contour/Deployment/mer_arm_install_archive/archos-generation-9/</a><br />
> <a href="https://www.gitorious.org/archos-gen9-mer-adaptation-kernel" target="_blank">https://www.gitorious.org/archos-gen9-mer-adaptation-kernel</a><br />
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> There has been a number of large changes in the architecture of some of<br />
> these pieces the biggest for me is the move away from MeeGo as the core to<br />
> Mer. <a href="http://www.merproject.org/" target="_blank">http://www.merproject.org/</a> These changes have meant that keeping up<br />
> with the latest baseline on these pieces of hardware is a large task.<br />
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> These ports are very young and are not production quality so any help is<br />
> welcome.<br />
><br />
> You can find me and the guys on #Mer and #active on Freenode IRC and more<br />
> information on the Mer community<br />
> wikipages, <a href="http://wiki.merproject.com/wiki/Community_Workspace" target="_blank">http://wiki.merproject.com/wiki/Community_Workspace</a><br />
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> I suggest that once PA2 hits a stable RC point (please let me know) that we<br />
> make images for each of the devices listed above and if you have a device<br />
> spare let me know I'm always on the lookout for potential Mer/Plasma Active<br />
> targets.<br />
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> BR<br />
><br />
> vgrade (mad scientist)<br />
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> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Carl Symons <<a href="mailto:carlsymons@gmail.com">carlsymons@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br />
>><br />
>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Aaron J. Seigo <<a href="mailto:aseigo@kde.org">aseigo@kde.org</a>> wrote:<br />
>> > hi...<br />
>> ><br />
>> > we are tentatively going with the following three messages for the<br />
>> > release<br />
>> > announcement around PA2:<br />
>> ><br />
>> > * Improved usability<br />
>> > * enhanced touch functionality in contour<br />
>> > * improvements to web browsing<br />
>> > * settings app<br />
>> > * consistent interface for adding things to activities<br />
>> > * bug fixing (bugzilla says 92 issues closed so far, with 48<br />
>> > open)<br />
>> ><br />
>> > * Performance improvements<br />
>> > * improvements in keyboard<br />
>> > * faster listings of applications<br />
>> ><br />
>> > * Recommendations<br />
>> ><br />
>> > it will wrap up with an overview of availability, which will highlight<br />
>> > the<br />
>> > working partnership with Mer and the availability of Plasma Active on<br />
>> > the<br />
>> > various devices that it has been brought up on (archos, tegra2, etc..).<br />
>> > the<br />
>> > expansion of availability between PA1 and PA2 will be highlighted.<br />
>> ><br />
>> > final para will be an invitation for participation and a hint that PA3<br />
>> > will be<br />
>> > a more feature-focused release.<br />
>> ><br />
>> ><br />
>> > so .. what i need from all of you is this:<br />
>> ><br />
>> > lists and details of changes in PA2 that fit in the above 3 topics. e.g.<br />
>> > "what<br />
>> > has changed, exactly, in the web browser?", "what are the most<br />
>> > significant<br />
>> > fixes?", "what kind of numbers do we have for the faster, model-based<br />
>> > listings?"<br />
>> ><br />
>> > also please feel free to add new subtopics. i only listed two items<br />
>> > under<br />
>> > performance improvements, though i know there are more than that ;)<br />
>> ><br />
>> > bullet point lists are good enough. i don't need full<br />
>> > sentences/paragraphs<br />
>> > (though those are also welcome ;) as i'll be putting this together into<br />
>> > a<br />
>> > coherent text next week.<br />
>> ><br />
>> > which means i need this info by next week ;) ... tuesday at the latest<br />
>> > please!<br />
>> ><br />
>> > --<br />
>> > Aaron J. Seigo<br />
>><br />
>> I have gotten several requests from people wanting to install Plasma<br />
>> Active on their tablets. There are two camps:<br />
>> * devices currently running PA. I got a message today from someone who<br />
>> wants PA on their ARCHOS G9 tablet (publicized a day or two ago).<br />
>> People are hungry for notiOS and notAndroid. Plus they want real open<br />
>> source and experimental cool stuff without having to start from zero.<br />
>><br />
>> * devices that resemble working installations...ARM<br />
>><br />
>> It would be useful to building traffic and awareness to have<br />
>> information to support both. Acknowledging the possibility of<br />
>> problems, including bricking...there can be warnings, fallback<br />
>> strategies, whatever else is necessary to support the mad scientists.<br />
>> Perhaps the more outlandish installation possibilities could be<br />
>> treated through a more informal website/wiki.<br />
>><br />
>> This will take knowledgeable developer input, as well as purposeful<br />
>> coordination between the various installation suggestions, wikis and<br />
>> forums. It could (will) be messy, but the outcomes are<br />
>> valuable...potential new developers, more people, devices, traffic,<br />
>> publicity, applications.<br />
>><br />
>> This all fits with "invitation for participation", and serves to lower<br />
>> the technical bar for involvement.<br />
>><br />
>> Carl<br />
>> _______________________________________________<br />
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>> <a href="mailto:Active@kde.org">Active@kde.org</a><br />
>> <a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/active" target="_blank">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/active</a><br />
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