SHR stands for 'Stable Hybrid Release' and is a community based distribution. It was created because the community liked 'Om 2007.2' more than 'Om 2008.2'. The 'Om 2007.2' had stable software, that did not crash that often. In the same period, FSO was hitting the road. It tripled the available distribution from 1 to 3. So some of the community wanted to build a hybrid release. They wanted the base of 'Om 2008.8', add the stable software of 'Om 2007.2' and port it to the handy framework of FSO. So a hybrid release that would combine the best of three.
But things has changed. Porting the 'Om 2007.2' applications to the framework is harder than just writing new applications. Also supporting absolute software, isn't that easy. And thirdly it's always more fun to write your own applications. So SHR will now combine the best of two. They will release images based on 'Om 2008.*' with the handy framework of FSO and make their own application that will be using the framework.
That's all history, what's new?
SHR has made his first image. Now you can taste what SHR will be. You can flash it onto your Neo FreeRunner. Also good news for the Neo 1973 holders, because there are also images for them. You can find all the images here
Install SHR
- Download the kernel and the file system image.
- Download Neotool and use it for flashing kernel and file system
General
- The icons of the home-screen are to small
- The top bar is to small and almost not accessible without a stylus
- Nice background copy from the FSO distribution
- I can receive sms's, they will popup on front of everything
- The messages that I get don't appear in the inbox of the 'Messages' application
- I can't send sms's. That's because there's no application for sending sms's.
- Cannot call someone, because the 'Dialer' applications fails.
- Other people can call me and I can choose to answer, but the sound isn't working. So other people don't hear me and I don't hear them.
So the first images are hitting the road, but there are still many things to do. But for the first image, I'm even surprised it even starts. (And It feels like it starts faster than all the other images) So if you're interested into diving into the FSO framework and want to help the community in making a frontend, this is your chance.
2 reacties:
Wow, that sounds like a seriously stable platform -_-,
What was the name SHR spelled out again? =[
At any rate, i'm more than happy i ditched my Freerunner...
Don't expect something to be stable from the first image. That's like you writing complicated c programs after your first c lesson.
For most of the community it is the first time they do something like that. So be happy that there are people willing to help each other and make the phone usable for everyone.
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