Linux hits the iPhone!
We knew this day would eventually come, but somehow we’re still misting up a little — Linux has been ported to the iPhone and iPod touch. Dev Team member planetbeing is the mastermind in charge of bringing everyone’s favorite open-source OS to Apple’s handhelds, and while it’s a little rough around the edges (read: no touchscreen drivers, sound, or WiFi / cell radio support), it’s definitely the first step on the road to hacking nirvana. The team is hard at work, and it even sounds like they’re thinking about porting Android in the near future (!), so hit the read link to try it out and lend a hand if you can — or just head on past the break for a quick vid of the port in all its text-scrolling glory.
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T-Mobile G1 now available in frosty white
We’ve heard that it’s been showing up on doorsteps and in stores for a few days now, but T-Mobile has just officially given the word that the G1 is now available in white to complement bronze and the especially personality-free black (not to say there’s anything wrong with that, black G1 owners). The price, hardware, and software are all the same, so if you thought this release might somehow magically bring a soft keyboard with it, think again. Any guesses what — if any — future colors we might see on this puppy? Read
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Fedora 10 goes live: your download awaits
Just six short months after Fedora 9 hit the tubes, in flies Fedora 10 to give you something new to tinker with over Thanksgiving break. The latest iteration of the Linux-based OS bundles in OpenOffice 3.0 and touts a “wide range of improvements in areas such as virtualization management, networking, boot time and security.” Don’t mind us, though — you can delve as deep as you like in the release notes while your download progresses. New to Josh’s Blog? Make sure you follow my RSS feed so you don’t miss anymore great stuff! Read
China’s Android-powered Sciphone Dream G2
An Andriod phone? And by the ways, this isn’t the successor to the T-Mobile G1. They copied the name. And then added a 2 just because they thought it’ll sound cooler and more advanced than the G1. It’s coming November 28th, in China only presumably. It’ll feature EDGE data, WiFi, 4-megapixel cam with autofocus, 50MB of internal memory, microSD expansion to 16GB, FM radio, a QVGA display, and “the most advanced software ever engineered.” (I thought OS X was..)
Keyboard? What keyboard?
Yes, as far as we can see, there’s no keyboard at all. And Andriod doesn’t have a on screen keyboard yet within the OS, so I wonder, how can you text and write emails? Hmm, we’ll see in 10 days time.
Josh’s Verdict: Stick to your T-Mobile G1 for now, as least you can type on it.
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Ubuntu 8.10
Okay, Ubuntu 8.10 is here, but I still haven’t had time to boot up Ubuntu to upgrade it yet.
But here’s a great tip if you haven’t upgraded as well: Go to terminal and type
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
This will save you time instead of having to download a disk image, mounting it, etc.
