Opie 1.2.3 Release Announcement

The Opie Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of versi=
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1.2.3 of the Open Palmtop Integrated Environment, a comprehensive user=20
environment and application suite for portable devices running Linux.

Version 1.2.3 builds upon the last stable version (1.2.2, released May=20
2006), and provides a rich graphical user environment and comprehensive=20
selection of applications. Applications include personal information=20
management (PIM), media players for many different audio and video formats,=
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viewers for images and electronic documents, games and many utilities for=20
file transfer, connectivity with other computers, etc. As with previous=20
versions, Opie continues to provide binary compatibility with applications=
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developed for Trolltech's Qtopia environment.

Opie supports synchronization with desktop computers using Qtopia Desktop, =
and=20
more recently OpenSync. OpenSync is a universal synchronisation framework =
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which is usable through KDE's KitchenSync tool. OpenSync frontends for=20
GNOME are also in development.

Like most Linux software, Opie is able to run on a wide variety of platform=
s.=20
Opie has direct hardware support for Hewlett Packard iPAQ, Sharp Zaurus, Yo=
py,=20
Siemens SIMpad devices, and now also various Palm handhelds. Opie is provid=
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in several Linux distributions including Familiar.

Summary of changes since version 1.2.2:

=A0 * Added support for the Palm Tungsten T/T2/T3/T5/C/E/E2, LifeDrive, TX,=
 Zire=20
71/72, Treo 600/650/680/700w/700p/750/755p and Foleo handhelds
=A0 * Improved support for some newer iPAQ models using the Linux 2.6 kernel
=A0 * Improved HTC Universal handheld support
=A0 * Opie-Remote: added integrated remote learning and improved usability
=A0 * Many, many bugfixes and minor improvements

=46or full details on the changes in this release and previous releases, pl=
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see the Opie change log at http://opie.handhelds.org/docs/changelog .

Getting Opie

Source code for all software is available on the Opie website at the follow=
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location: http://opie.handhelds.org/feed/source/stable

Binary packages for version 1.2.3 will be provided with the next versions o=
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=46amiliar and very likely other Linux distributions. For more information =
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=46amiliar, please visit the Familiar homepage (see Links section below).

Links

=A0 * Opie Homepage, http://opie.handhelds.org
=A0 * Familiar Linux, http://familiar.handhelds.org - Linux distribution fo=
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HP iPAQ handheld PDAs
=A0 * KDE, http://kde.org - Desktop environment which includes the KitchenS=
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synchronization tool
=A0 * Trolltech, http://trolltech.com - creators of Qtopia and Qtopia Deskt=
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a cross-platform, desktop PIM application
=A0 * OpenSync, http://www.opensync.org - a modular synchronization framewo=
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for Linux systems

Contact

Dan Williams, [email protected] - Opie 1.2.3 Release Coordinator

=46or more information on contacting the Opie Team, please visit:=20
http://opie.handhelds.org/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/Contact
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