Familiar v0.4 Released

Greetings:
    This message serves as an announcement that Familiar Linux v0.4
has been declared stable, and is officially released. Familiar v0.4 is
the latest production of the Familiar Project, a loosely knit team of
developers, who's intent is to put together an advanced operating system
for the next generation of handheld devices. Familiar Linux is presently
available for use on Compaq's iPAQ H3600-series of color handhelds.

Familiar Linux v0.4 comes with numerous new features, some of which are:

    * Packaging support, using Carl Worth's new ipkg.

    * Latest XFree86 CVS codebase.

    * New build of Python 2.0, w/ full XML support (expat), with additional
      requested modules.

    * Pyditor, a PyScintilla based text editor.

    * Full deep sleep and resume support.

    * A read-write flash filesystem based on dwmw2's latest JFFS2 release.

    * Latest kernel from handhelds.org CVS.

    * Included infrared support (both kernel modules and support utilities).

    * Targus Stowaway keyboard support.

    * Mingle, the Operation Salamander contact manager.

    * A new installation guide.

For information on the release, please see:

    http://familiar.handhelds.org/familiar/releases/v0.4/

For the new installation guide, visit the following URL:

    http://familiar.handhelds.org/familiar/releases/v0.4/install/H3600/install.html

In addition, we've set up a new mailing list for Familiar related discussion,
development, and trouble-shooting. See:

    http://familiar.handhelds.org#mailinglist

We've also put a new bug-tracking system using GNATS, online, available at:
    
   http://familiar.handhelds.org#bugtracking

More information on the Familiar Linux distribution, and the Familiar Project
in general, can be obtained from:

    http://familiar.handhelds.org

Thanks to all the people that have developed and tested this release. Many
thanks to Compaq for providing hardware, engineering effort, and hosting for
this project. Special thanks goes to Carl Worth, for all of his work on ipkg.

Let me know if you have any: problems, nits, comments, or bugfixes. Enjoy
the release. Thanks,

Alexander
Received on Mon May 14 2001 - 04:43:24 EDT