Hello list,
0xlab team is glad to announce the fifth release of 0xdroid. 0xdroid
is community-developed Android distribution by 0xlab, runs on omap3
based boards include beagleboard and devkit8000.
Version: beagle-eclair-0x5-sgx, beagle-eclair-0x5-no-sgx,
devkit8k-eclair-0x5-sgx, devkit8k-eclair-0x5-no-sgx
What's new in this release?
* Eclair codebase
* Feature: Major Linux kernel upgrade: from 2.6.29 to 2.6.32
* Feature: Support TI's Android PowerVR SGX (hardware 2D/3D engine)
* Feature: Support Android USB gadget: adb and mass-storage
Note: 0xdroid no longer support usbnet gadget driver.
Use adb or USB Ethernet instead.
* Feature: new Bluetooth Extensions -- HID
Note: connect with BT keyboard or mice from Setting UI
* Feature: Make Launcher2 really usable
* Feature: Make Gallery3D workable by fixing PixelFlinger?
regressions
* Feature: Touchscreen Calibration shouldn't require reboot
* Feature: Robocat i2c port support
* Feature: Improved libgralloc for non HW accelerated targets
You can grab the image from http://downloads.0xlab.org/release/ and
following the steps described on the wiki page to test the image.
This release comes with PowerVR SGX from Texas Instruments. If you try
both two
images with SGX and without SGX, you would tell how amazing it
displays photos
in Gallery 3D application. Like ususal, it also comes with a happy
Installer and
it would bring you an Android Eclair system in few seconds.
Instructions at Wiki
* General information:
http://code.google.com/p/0xdroid/
* Installation for prebuilt 0xdroid image:
http://code.google.com/p/0xdroid/wiki/UsingPreBuiltImages
* Build from scratch:
http://code.google.com/p/0xdroid/wiki/Source
* How to integrate with SGX
http://code.google.com/p/0xdroid/wiki/How_to_Integrate_with_SGX
Project page / SCM: http://gitorious.org/0xdroid
Bug report: http://code.google.com/p/0xdroid/issues/list
Mailing-list (general): http://groups.google.com/group/0xlab-discuss
Mailing-list (development): http://groups.google.com/group/0xlab-devel
0xlab YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/0xlab
Regards,
Erin Yueh
http://0xlab.org