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July 21st, 2010, 01:24 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released for pandora
X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer like file manager for X. It is based on the popular, but discontinued, X Win Commander, which was developed by Maxim Baranov. Xfe is developed since 2002 by Roland Baudin, a french Linux enthusiast. Xfe aims to be the filemanager of choice for all the Unix addicts!
The package come with :
- X File Explorer (obviously)
- X File Image (image viewer)
- X File Write (notepad remplacement)
- X File View
- X File Package (to manage zip/tar/etc packages)
All this come with a small memory footprint.
http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...,0,0,0,116,163
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July 19th, 2010, 22:49 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released for Pandora
LMarbles is an Atomix clone with a slight change in concept. Instead of assembling molecules you create figures out of marbles. Nevertheless, the basic game play is the same: If a marble starts to move it will not stop until it hits a wall or another marble. To make it more interesting there are obstacles like one-way streets, crumbling walls and portals.
http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...0,0,0,0,25,162
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July 18th, 2010, 19:56 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://www.openpandora.org/index.php...emid=2&lang=en
Just some quick update report on the Nub status:
The company is doing electrical testing for bad traces, bad resistance in the joystick and is also setting aside any nubs that feel loose or gritty.
I'm pretty sure that test is way better than any of our "move them around for a while to see if they work fine"-testings.
While we don't know yet if this is related to the few nubs that kept sticking in one direction (those nubs are still on the way to the manufacturer to be tested), it could well be the reason. If the rubber is a bit too gritty or thick, the resistance is wrong and it could lead to a sticking nub.
500 tested nubs (tested in one day!  ) are ready to be shipped today to the board manufacturer. Shipping takes one day, so if we're lucky, by next week more boards will be ready.
I'll keep you updated!
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July 18th, 2010, 19:55 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://www.openpandora.org/index.php...emid=2&lang=en
Wow, what amazing six weeks!
The Pandora has just been delivered to the first 600 users - and software comes flooding in.
Besides the official hotfixes (where a few contributions have come from the community, too) which fixed most of the bigger problems, quite a few ports, games, emulators, etc. have been released.
So all of you still waiting for your Pandoras: You will have a LOT of cool stuff available ready to play! I know it's hard to wait - but just think about what you can do with it once you receive it...
The Games
At the moment, there are 63 files in the freeware games section already - which basically means: At least one free game a day!
Not only casual games like Spout, Ceferino or Alienblaster, but also games which can keep you busy for a looong time like Battle for Wesnoth, FreeCiv, Gianas Return, Numpty Physics or Clonk Planet.
And if those games aren't enough for you, why not replay some classics like the Secret of Monkey Island series or one of the other countless adventure games ScummVM does support?
Or do you rather want to play Baldurs Gate? Well, we have GemRB in beta testing... Hexen? Rise of the Triad? Yep, all out there, waiting for you to be played.
There are also some multiplayer games out there - wanna play BomberClone against 11 other gamers...? Or try OpenLieroX.... there's a lot of fun coming.
Of course, a lot of other classics can be played using one of the Emulators...
There are already 27 files in the Emulators section - covering the real retro ones (Atari 2600, 7800) as well classics (C64, Amiga, MSX, Speccy, Atari ST, SNES, Genesis, etc.) and even weird ones like the SIMH where you could emulate a PDP-1...
Those are all fullspeed with sound - even in the unoptimized state some of them are in (a few of them are just quick ports).
PSX and Nintendo64 are getting there. PSX runs pretty much fullspeed with sound with a lot of games if you overclock, Nintendo64 is still a bit slow. But both are under heavy development right now - and will become better.
Please note: Using emulators and/or roms for certain system might be illegal in the country where you're in. Please make sure you don't do illegal things here!
A good way to legally emulate would be Amiga with the licensed emulator kits (including all the roms), for example.
Or DOSBox is also an example how you legally emulate - and it is running well for an unoptimized version: It plays games like Pirates! Gold or MadTV... so choose your classic and PLAY!
The Apps
There's a lot more than just gaming on the Pandora. You can listen to music, browse the web, do office work, etc.
Therefore, quite a few nice apps have been released here, too.
You don't like the built-in browsers? Well, Fennec, Chromium, FireFox... they're all available.
Want to follow RSS feeds? Liferea will help you.
Have a VNC server somewhere and you want to connect to it using the Pandora? Remmina will do it for you.
Want to listen to music? Choose your player! Besides MPlayer, you can download Audacious, GMU, OMMPC, Exaile or Deadbeef. Some even support classic game formats like SPC or NSF - so if you're up for some classic chiptune sound, you won't need much space.
And if you rather want to compose music - Milky Tracker and Schism Tracker are already available.
The OS
Quite a few things are happening around the OS right now. As mentioned, a lot of stuff has been fixed using Hotfixes during the last weeks.
At the moment, we are working on official Pandora feeds (meaning: You don't need to download and install hotfixes anymore - you can use an online updater on your Pandora to update your machine).
It's already being tested. There will be stable and unstable feeds available - so if you want to help us test and bugfix the latest stuff, you can do so (risking a reflash in case something goes really wrong).
Of course, there will also be regular Hotfixes released in case you don't want to do it online.
BTW: Did you know SDXC is already supported? Apparently, it just works
The community has also started to work on improving the OS. paeryn is currently working on SDL - that would speed up games and eliminate tearing.
If YOU want to help out with the OS, check out the current open tasks or take a look at the bugtracker. Maybe there's a task you want to work on and help improve it?
Other Projects
Beside programs or OS works, there are also other Linux flavours available - and some teams are working on them.
A mobile version of ArchLinux is already booting into X and can do updates via pacman, while a Pandora version of Gentoo called Neuvoo is also reported to boot and emerge already in IRC.
Also, did you know you actually run Debian within the Pandora OS?
So without rebooting or using any speed, you can actually use all the programs from the Debian repository...
Isn't that nice?
Tutorials coming up
Well, using the Pandora is cool - but especially new users might have some problem figuring out how such things work. I will create some video tutorials soon which show how to set it up, connect to the internet, use PNDs, etc.
It will take a while, but it's something I really want to do
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July 18th, 2010, 19:54 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://www.openpandora.org/index.php...emid=2&lang=en
It's been kinda quiet in here lately, hasn't it?
Well, I hope this will change in the near future and I'll find more time keeping you up-to-date with what's happening.
During the last days, it has been so incredibly hot in here... 30°C in my room at night... it was really hard to concentrate on what you're doing.
Good news: The Cases
4000 new cases have been produced and are being painted at the moment. Over 1000 of them will ship using UPS, the rest will probably go by sea (takes a bit longer, but is way cheaper... and we will be busy with the first 1000 cases until they arrive).
And yes, you read correct: It will be 4000 cases. We will need some for replacements ourselves - and I guess quite a few of you will want to be able to buy replacement cases for modding, etc. yourselves.
Thank god, case production seems to work fine now.
What's up with the nub?
Our challenges seem to continue - Murphy must really hate us, and I have no idea why. I'm not THAT evil, am I?
Well, as you might have seen on the boards, some nubs fail. While it was no catastrophic number (so far, 20 out of 600 units had to be replaced), combined with the ones that failed while testing, the failed number is too high.
We don't want to deliver units with broken nubs we have to replace after a while. This would not only lead to more delays (as working boards would go into replacement units instead to new customers), it would also mean A LOT of additional costs for us. Also, testing all the boards and sending them back to get the nubs desoldered and exchanged eats a lot of time and cost.
Thank god the nub manufacturing company is really helpful. They even followed the threads on the GP32x.com boards to see what problems occured and are now testing all the nubs. They admitted that something went wrong in the manufacturing process - and they know it's really urgent. Therefore, the first 400 fully working tested nubs should be ready to be soldered onto the waiting Panda-Boards in next week! The rest will follow soon after.
As we have 13.000 nubs (8000 for the Pandora and 5000 for the iControlpad - however, the Pandora has priority), there should be enough working nubs for the first batch. The failed ones will either be repaired or reproduced.
So the good thing is: This (last) issue is also being solved right now - the rest of the production works flawlessly now, so this is the last challenge for us it seems.
Still, we really want to apologize for the inconveniences some of you experienced there. That definately was NOT our plan. We will try to resolve this as soon as possible.
But what does that mean for further production? More delays?
Well, it will take a while until the next Pandoras will be shipped. Even the ones that should've been build this week (those 400 Craig mentioned) will have to be delayed since the nubs won't arrive before next week. We don't want to ship any more units where the nubs will break after a few days!
However, even with this break, it will speed things up. Why?
Well, because we don't just sit around: We prepare all the lids and base parts, so basically all units will be ready and simply need a board.
Building a single Pandora (with all the testing, etc. we do) takes about 16 - 17 minutes per unit at the moment. Also, we needed addtional 5 - 6 minutes to extensively test the nubs!
These are the steps needed to build a Pandora:
1. Solder the speakers to the LCD cables.
2. Put the LCDs into the lid. Connect the cables.
3. Place a few layers on top of the LCD cable to shield it (needed for CE).
4. Put the Antenna into the lid.
5. Roll the LCD cable and place it in the hinge. Put the antenna through the rolled cable.
6. Close the lid carefully to not kill the LCD cable.
7. Put the hinge in the base part.
8. Carefully pull the LCD cable through the base part, putting together the lid and the base and engage the hinge.
9. Put each button in (ABXY) as well as the left and right light pipes and the microphone holder into the base part.
10. Place the keymat into the base part.
11. Put the stylus holder into the bottom part.
12. Screw the lid together and put the screw covers on top of it.
13. Put the board into the the unit, connect LCD cable and antenna.
14. Put in the power switch, L and R buttons and screw the unit together.
15. Do a quick test (WiFi, controls, keyboard) and flash the firmware.
So, even if the boards arrive later - as long as we have the cases (which should arrive soon) and the LCD cables (where 3000 are on the way to me to be soldered), we can do most of the steps needed for assembly. Once everything is prepared and the boards arrive, the time needed per Pandora shouldn't be more than 5 minutes (instead of the 16 - 17 or even 22 - 24 when he had to test the nubs).
While those five minutes nub testing we needed didn't sound like much, it adds up: Testing the remaining 3600 would've taken 300 hours! Even if all four people were working on it, it would still take over a week for simply testing the nubs... and if 10% fail and have to go back, be desoldered, resoldered, etc. This would eat more and more time...
The company can test a nub in 30 seconds - so it won't take long until we have enough to build Pandoras. We are ready to assemble 200 a day - let's hope is that the board productions speeds up!
I know there will probably be a some ranting going on after I publish that blog post... but what should we do? The prototypes of the nubs were working, now too many fail.
The only option we have is to get this solved before shipping the Pandoras.
We will manage this last issue - we solved so many before You guys have proven to be the best customers out there so far. Thanks a lot! It really helps me ease my mind a bit...
I'll keep you informed - and one thing you can be sure about: We'll continue with all our effort to finish the remaining units as soon as possible!
The feedback from the customers who already got a unit was better than I ever imagined - a lot of them are using the unit each day and love it!
And I do hope that ALL of you will have the same meaning about it, too!
Thanks for your ongoing support - now onto the last steps. And Murphy: We should DEFINATELY have a talk about your stupid law once we meet...
Oh, before I forget: As some asked about the TV Out cables and spare batteries: We are already delivering the spare batteries, however, the TV Out Cables will probably have to wait until October. We're currently concentrating on getting all the Pandoras out - there's not much time left to do anything else. Don't worry, they're not cancelled, just delayed - but the main units definately are our main priority right now.
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July 18th, 2010, 19:50 Posted By: wraggster
news via http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php...dpost&p=892427
Elemental 0.2 is up on the app store: http://icontrolpad.com/cgi-bin/viewa.../elemental.inf
Elemental
a platformer/puzzle game
Designed by Paul Gunn (chaosmage.com)
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There are three modes in Elemental:
New Game/Resume Game
This is the basic set of rooms that come with the game. New starts from the first room, Resume starts from the furthest room you've reached.
Editor
This will allow you to make your own rooms to share! They get saved as elemental_edit.elm in your user/Applications/Data folder.
Free Draw
Play with elements without having a little player character in the mix.
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These are the keys and what they do! Stuff in parentheses only works in editor or free draw mode.
dpad: move guy (and select paint)
a/b button, CTRL, O, Backspace: Jump
y/x button, ALT, P, 0: Use Power
r: reload current room
Esc: menu, esc again to quit
j: take a screenshot as el.png in the appdata folder
b/n: go back a room or to the next room
e: (switch paint to eraser)
s: (save current set of rooms)
l: (load rooms from file)
c: (clear current room)
x: (copy current room to clipboard)
v: (paste room before current room)
.: (pause the movement of elements)
these are in a semi-functional state
f: toggle fullscreen mode - it runs MUCH slower. Not recommended for play.
Elemental is (c) Paul Gunn, 2010
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July 18th, 2010, 19:49 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released for pandora
This is an almost straight port to the Pandora of my GP2X game Reword.
The basic idea is, you have a 6 letter word that has been jumbled up and you must find as many of the 3, 4 5 and 6 letter words that can be made from it in the time allowed. You must get at least one 6 letter word to progress to the next level. The dictionary I am using is a British word list I found (sorry can't remember where, but if I do I'll include a credit) that seems to hold a reasonable selection, which once filtered for just 3-6 letter words contains about 7500 words.
The word list can be replaced or amended using an additional utility I wrote that formats the list ready for the game. This will be included in the source release.
Any feedback or suggestions welcome.
http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...0,0,0,0,25,159
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July 18th, 2010, 19:48 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released for pandora
Have the mascots of your favorite free software titles battle it out in the Wormux arena using dynamite, grenades, baseball bats and other bazookas...
http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...0,0,0,0,29,158
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July 18th, 2010, 19:47 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released for pandora
An Amiga Emulator.
Fullspeed with sound for A500 games!
Changelog 2010-07-16 (by john4p):
* Added VSYNC
Changelog 2010-07-10 (by john4p):
* Joystick mode is default now
* START-button is now "Run" in main menu
* removed unnecessary GP2X-hack where Enter&Space were sent when pressing the (A)-button
Changelog 2007-07-09 (by john4p):
* added horizontal adjustment
* faster mouse movement
* slow mouse movement with (Y)-button
* (X)-button is now confirm-button in menu ((A) still works, too)
Changelog 2010-07-09 (by john4p):
* Removed gp2x config options
* Added selectable UAE core. While this is a bit slower, it adds compatibility
* Ask for nub mouse mode on first startup (added by EvilDragon)
* Added Savestates (only working with UAE Core)
Changelog 2010-07-05 (patches by john4p):
* Move screen with L + DPad
* Addes softstrech scaling (software-only at the moment, so it's slow)
Changelog 2010-06-09:
* Added PAL / NTSC LCD Timings (if HotFix 2 is installed)
* Added Mini-Documentation
* Added Kickstart-Test
http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...?0,0,0,0,72,74
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July 18th, 2010, 19:46 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released for pandora
Deadbeef is another music player.
Main features (the list is most likely far from complete):
* mp3, ogg vorbis, flac, ape, wv, wav, m4a, mpc, cd audio (and many more)
* sid, nsf and lots of other popular chiptune formats
* ID3v1, ID3v2.2, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4, APEv2, xing/info tags support
* character set detection for non-unicode id3 tags - supports cp1251 and iso8859-1
unicode tags are fully supported as well (both utf8 and ucs2)
* cuesheet (.cue files) support, with charset detection (utf8/cp1251/iso8859-1)
* tracker modules like mod, s3m, it, xm, etc
* HVSC song length database support for sid
* gtk2 interface with efficient custom widgets
no GNOME or KDE dependencies
* drag and drop, both inside of playlist, and from filemanagers and such
control playback from command line
* global hotkeys
* multiple playlists
* album artwork display
* 18-band graphical equalizer
* metadata editor
* user-customizable groups in playlists
* user-customizable columns with flexible title formatting
radio and podcast support for ogg vorbis, mp3 and aac streams
* gapless playback
* plugin support; bundled with lots of plugins, such as global hotkeys and last.fm scrobbler; sdk is included
duration calculation is as precise as possible for vbr mp3 files (with and without xing/info tags)
http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...?0,0,0,0,6,114
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July 18th, 2010, 19:45 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released for pandora
Thruster is a fast paced cave flyer by Vilmos, where the goal is to reach as high as you can without crashing while eroding the landscape with your thruster. To do so you will need some fast reflexes and a good eye.
Featuring:
- Three different game modes
- Two difficulty levels
- High score tables with replay - You can watch previous games and see how the high scores were done.
- Beautiful backgrounds by Mentis and Mrpropre
- Three included ogg tracks with the ability to add any MOD, MP3 or OGG files to the tracklist.
- More than 2K particles in play at once
http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...0,0,0,0,27,156
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July 18th, 2010, 19:44 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released for pandora
The Battle for Wesnoth is a Free, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both single-player, and online/hotseat multiplayer combat. Fight a desperate battle to reclaim the throne of Wesnoth, or take hand in any number of other adventures...
This package is based on the stable 1.8.x series. Savegames are fully compatible with the "desktop" version of 1.8.x.
http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...?0,0,0,0,29,25
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July 11th, 2010, 21:37 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released for Pandora
Deadbeef is another music player.
Main features (the list is most likely far from complete):
* mp3, ogg vorbis, flac, ape, wv, wav, m4a, mpc, cd audio (and many more)
* sid, nsf and lots of other popular chiptune formats
* ID3v1, ID3v2.2, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4, APEv2, xing/info tags support
* character set detection for non-unicode id3 tags - supports cp1251 and iso8859-1
unicode tags are fully supported as well (both utf8 and ucs2)
* cuesheet (.cue files) support, with charset detection (utf8/cp1251/iso8859-1)
* tracker modules like mod, s3m, it, xm, etc
* HVSC song length database support for sid
* gtk2 interface with efficient custom widgets
no GNOME or KDE dependencies
* drag and drop, both inside of playlist, and from filemanagers and such
control playback from command line
* global hotkeys
* multiple playlists
* album artwork display
* 18-band graphical equalizer
* metadata editor
* user-customizable groups in playlists
* user-customizable columns with flexible title formatting
radio and podcast support for ogg vorbis, mp3 and aac streams
* gapless playback
* plugin support; bundled with lots of plugins, such as global hotkeys and last.fm scrobbler; sdk is included
duration calculation is as precise as possible for vbr mp3 files (with and without xing/info tags)
http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...?0,0,0,0,6,114
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July 11th, 2010, 20:57 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released for Pandora
Rise of the Triad is a high quality, fast scrolling first-person perspective 3D action game. It includes a lot of destructive enemies, an arsenal of weapons from simple pistols to missile launchers, life-preserving armor, traps and ambushes galore.
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July 10th, 2010, 00:49 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released for Pandora
News via http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php...dpost&p=889990
Just in time for the weekend Sqrxz for the OpenPandora is ready! Hails go, as usual, to Pickle for finalizing the port!
Sqrxz requires fast reflexes and is a simply mindblasting Jump'n'Run puzzle game with high frustration factor.
Story: While Sqrxz wandered around on a sunny day, he was unaware that he had lost all his items while enjoying the scenery. It was already dark until he recognized the loss. There was no possibilty, but to go back where he started the trip and save his things. If the loss was not already enough, strange creatures appeared. Will they be helpful?
Sqrxz (2010) is a remake of a game with the same name and has been created by Thor, Kojote, Simon Butler, and Syphus. Support came from Maze, Mulle and Mahek. A remake should be usually bearing improvements, so does Sqrxz 2010. Beside the “classic” graphic mode, there is a new mode with “deluxe” graphics. The main gameplay has modified in a way that you need to collect all items to open the door at the end of each level, which makes some levels harder than they actually already were. Extended “fun” is guarantueed with additional three levels, unseen before. Each level does have it’s own chiptune and adds up to the retro feeling. A Top 10 highscore table will hold all your records. For the ones who like hidden features, there is even a small easter egg!
Features:
* Hardly any game will annoy you more! Frustration deluxe ahead!
* Amiga’ish feeling!
* 16 Levels including a beginners level
* 18 Chiptunes
* Classic AND new graphic mode
* Top 10 highscore
* Endless continue mode
* Hidden easter egg
Homepage: http://www.sqrxz.de/?p=171
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