Comments on: Users and unmaintained applications

By: Hrw website :: Private support emails

Hrw website :: Private support emails — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:37:15 +0000

[...] On the other hand there are requests are about adding software into OpenZaurus feeds or providing support for exotic hardware. If software == unmaintained, very low quality applications for Qtopia enviroments (I wrote about them already) then I refuse to touch them at all as this takes too much time to get good results (tried once with Mileage). Another thing is hardware support – it is hard to support something which I lack (did it once with CF-XGA card) but even if I have it support can be hard because lack of time (like it was with Ir keyboard). [...]

By: Hrw

Hrw — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:40:03 +0000

OpenZaurus contain OpenSource type of software only. We do not support running closed source applications.

By: Mark Gholson

Mark Gholson — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:05:43 +0000

Without oz-compat, how are we supposed to run Opera 7? Is there a new way to install Opera?

By: blog.Hentges.net » Hentges ROM, Poodle and OZ updates

blog.Hentges.net » Hentges ROM, Poodle and OZ updates — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:58:03 +0000

[...] OpenZaurus Hrw has an interesting posting on his blog regarding obsolete Opie software. As you know, with OZ 3.5.1 the compatibility with Sharp ROM was broken in exchange for a speed increase in all floating point operations (SoftFloat). Since then people were using the oz-compat packge to run old Sharp binaries (like Opera) on OZ. Hrw outlines the problems with oz-compat in detail, why it is a very bad idea to use it and why it should die completely. [...]