This page may be of historical interest; for current activity, see Palm Pre: Jan 2010 - ?

Contents 1 Free the Pre 1.1 Community Organizing 1.1.1 Existing pre hacker community outreach 1.1.1.1 pre dev 1.1.2 Existing free software projects outreach 1.1.2.1 ARM Linux Project 1.1.2.2 beagleboard.org 1.1.2.3 Debian GNU/Linux 1.1.2.4 FSO - Free Smartphone dot Org 1.1.2.5 gnufiish 1.1.2.6 LibrePlanet 1.1.2.7 NSLU2-Linux 1.1.2.8 OpenEmbedded 1.1.2.9 OpenEZX 1.1.2.10 Openmoko 1.1.3 Individual Assistance Offers 1.1.3.1 Danny Clark

Free the Pre

This page is to document efforts to liberate the Palm Pre from nonfree software, such as the LunaSysMgr GUI / Windowing System.

We would prefer a GNU/Linux (GPL / Mostly GPL except when they choose to ignore their own license for device driver binary blobs) rather than an Android/Linux (Apache / Mostly GPL except when they choose to ignore their own license for device driver binary blobs) port.

Also Android is based on Java, which might be good to avoid if possible: Considerations on Patents that Read on Language Infrastructure, and perhaps even still Free But Shackled - The Java Trap as I've heard parts of the Android SDK still require Sun Java 1.5.

Community Organizing

If you are interested in helping, please read Talk:Palm_Pre.

• TODO: Make mailing list specific to this effort. Maybe <palmpre-dev@freedsoftware.org> and <palmpre-announce@freedsoftware.org>.
• TODO: Make redirect URL http://palmpre.freedsoftware.org go to this page.

Existing pre hacker community outreach

pre dev

• predev wiki
  • Development & Tweak Ideas "Development Ideas" 8-11, 18
  • bootloader
  • Custom Kernels
  • DFBTerm DirectFB Terminal Emulator
• TODO: Post this link to IRC channels (don't think they have a mailing list); try to get URL in channel topic for a while; also put in predev wiki sidebar when more complete.

Existing free software projects outreach

Many of these projects mentioned as being interested in the Palm Pre based on Harald Welte's blog: Palm Pre wanted for FOSS hackers.

ARM Linux Project

The ARM Linux Project - Linux for all ARM based machines

• TODO: Email list w/ link to here etc

beagleboard.org

beagleboard.org uses the same TI OMAP3 processor as the Palm Pre. Many GNU/Linux distributions have already been ported to run on the Beagle Board.

• TODO: Email list w/ link to here etc

Debian GNU/Linux

• TODO: Identify the debian on mobile phones mailing lists / wiki pages etc. (and also arm group)
• TODO: Email list w/ link to here etc

FSO - Free Smartphone dot Org

This site. There is a link to this page from Hardware.

• TODO: Email list w/ link to here etc

gnufiish

Project gnufiish to make Linux-based operating systems run on some E-TEN glofiish PDA-phones - looks like they are looking for what to do next:

• [Gnufiish-devel] Palm Pre
• List emailed with link to here [1]

LibrePlanet

Freest hardware comparisons: Mobile Phones

NSLU2-Linux

NSLU2-Linux development group and user community. We discuss, develop and modify the firmware and hardware of the Linksys NSLU2, the Synology DS101, the Iomega NAS100d, the D-Link DSMG600, and other ixp4xx-based devices with large attached storage.

• Palm Pre uses Optware packages from this project.
• TODO: Email list w/ link to here etc

OpenEmbedded

OpenEmbedded, a build framework for embedded Linux, used by Palm for the existing WebOS stack.

• TODO: Email list w/ link to here etc

OpenEZX

OpenEZX project tries to gather information about the Linux-based Motorola EZX phone platform (mainly the A780, E680 and E680i phones).

• TODO: Email list w/ link to here etc

Openmoko

Openmoko, seemingly an umbrella project for anything that runs on the Neo FreeRunner.

• They have ported a GNU/Linux stack to an originally Android/Linux phone, the HTC Dream - http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenMoko_on_HTC-Dream
• TODO: Email list w/ link to here etc

Individual Assistance Offers

Danny Clark

No reply to this yet (but I'm told Harald gets a shit ton of email), so posting here:

TODO