OpieReleases/Opie1.2.2

= Opie 1.2.2 Release Announcement = May 26, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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, see http://vanille.de/temp/a780/
 * 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"

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

Binary packages
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, drw@handhelds.org - 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