info needed for Plasma Active Two release announcements

Fri Dec 2 18:00:12 UTC 2011

Carl,

- Is the information you sent documented somewhere?

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.

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xFbWDXTqLk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wj7FBtHFFM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEjLMYXxN9Y

http://martinbrook.blogspot.com/2011/11/mer-since-demise-of-meego-group-of.html

BR

vgrade

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Carl Symons <carlsymons at gmail.com> wrote:

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