info needed for Plasma Active Two release announcements

Fri Dec 2 21:48:42 UTC 2011

Hi,

most of the links for the tablet devices are already also in the
wiki http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Active/Installation in the respective
sections.

Regards,
Karlheinz.

On December 2, 2011 at 7:00 PM martin brook <martin.brook100 at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> [mailto: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 [mailto: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
> > > [mailto:carlsymons at gmail.com] > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org
> > >> [mailto: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 [mailto:Active at kde.org]
> > >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/active
> > >
> > >
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