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OpenMoko opened up sales of the FreeRunner – the open-source successor to the OpenMoko Neo1973 – last week, and we’d imagine there are a good number of you Linux-fans just itching to lay a finger on the feature-packed handset. Alas, you’ll have to wait it out until OpenMoko can deliver the package to you.
Fret not, dear amateur handset developer, we’ve got some UI sneak-peaks for you to dwell on until your FreeRunner comes a-knockin’ at your door. Ars Technica has managed to secure some screenshots of the FreeRunner’s GTK-based Linux stack (om2007.2) and they’re looking mighty fine. Apple’s Webkit powers the FreeRunner’s browser, and a terminal application gives the user root-access to a BusyBox shell.
Does it get any geekier better than this? Definitely not for the true Linux enthusiast.
[Via: ArsTechnica]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
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