Opie 1.2.2 Release Announcement

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

Version 1.2.2 builds upon the last stable version (1.2.1, released September 
2005), and provides a rich graphical user environment and comprehensive 
selection of applications. Applications include personal information 
management (PIM), media players for many different audio and video formats, 
viewers for images and electronic documents, games and many utilities for 
file transfer, connectivity with other computers, etc. As with previous 
versions, Opie continues to provide binary compatibility with applications 
developed for Trolltech's Qtopia environment.

Opie supports synchronization with other computers using KDE's synchronization 
framework known as KitchenSync, MultiSync and Qtopia Desktop.

Like most Linux software, Opie is able to run on a wide variety of platforms. 
Opie has direct hardware support for Hewlett Packard iPAQ, Sharp Zaurus, Yopy 
and Siemens SIMpad devices. Opie is provided in several Linux distributions 
including: Familiar, OpenZaurus and OpenSIMpad.
Summary of changes since version 1.2.1

    * Opietooth overhauled for improved Bluetooth/OBEX support
    * Support for GCC 4.1.x compilers
    * Preliminary support for the Motorola EZX Linux phone platform
    * Added support for HP iPaq h1915 devices
    * Added support for HTC Universal devices
    * Added backlight support for HP iPaq hx4700 devices
    * Improved support for Sharp Zaurus 'Tosa' devices
    * Improved appearance for hi-resolution devices
    * PackageManager - added two options: "Force recursive" and "Verbose 
fetch"

Getting Opie

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

Binary packages for version 1.2.2 will be provided with the next versions of 
Familiar, OpenZaurus and OpenSIMpad. For more information about these Linux 
distributions, please visit their respective homepages (see Links section 
below).

Links

    * Opie Homepage, http://opie.handhelds.org
    * Familiar Linux, http://familiar.handhelds.org - Linux distribution for 
HP iPAQ handheld PDAs
    * OpenZaurus, http://openzaurus.org - Linux distribution for Sharp Zaurus 
devices
    * OpenSIMpad, http://opensimpad.org - Linux distribution for Siemen SIMpad 
tablet computers
    * KDE, http://kde.org - Desktop environment which includes the KitchenSync 
synchronization tool
    * Trolltech, http://trolltech.com - creators of Qtopia and Qtopia Desktop, 
a cross-platform, desktop PIM application
    * MultiSync, http://multisync.sf.net - another modular sychronization tool 
for Linux systems

Contact

Dan Williams, [email protected] - Opie 1.2.2 Release Coordinator

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