cacko ROM for the SL5600

[nixmeister]

I don\'t know how I missed this thread before. I\'m interested in cacko for 5600!!!! Currently running zynergy and would love to try other rom\'s. Guess I need to go read up on Cacko....

[jasonb99]

I\'m surprised this thread isn\'t getting more attention. I\'m also interested in cacko for the 5600. I\'m currently running Tkc 2.0 alpha3 and there is room for improvement.

[ThirtyOne]

What are your issues with TKCRom? I am trying to decide which to put on my SL-5500 and I would be interedted in a comparison.

[maslovsky]

I\'m surprised this thread isn\'t getting more attention. I\'m also interested in cacko for the 5600. I\'m currently running Tkc 2.0 alpha3 and there is room for improvement.

The problem is many people are interested in using the ROM but none are interested in maintaining it...

[xamindar]

Well there definately is a want for a cacko rom (me included).  Any 5600 users out there also developers?  Can you become a maintainer?

[maslovsky]

Well there definately is a want for a cacko rom (me included).  Any 5600 users out there also developers?  Can you become a maintainer?

I don\'t have a 5600 device.

[wolfman]

I have the 5600 but pretty much gave up on a working alternate rom and only just recently came back and saw this thread.  I would be interested also

[maslovsky]

I have the 5600 but pretty much gave up on a working alternate rom and only just recently came back and saw this thread.  I would be interested also

If you\'re willing to maintain a ROM for 5600, you can contact me and ced via PM. What I know is that ced was able to build a flashable and working ROM image using base from Cacko ROM + Qtopia and kernel from 5600.

What needs to be done is migration of features from C7x0 ROMs into 5600 and building a kernel with Cacko kernel patches.

[cgrieves]

I\'m also interested in a decent 5600 ROM. I\'m a bit of a linux novice but I\'m willing to help in any way I can....

[signal15]

I want the cacko rom for my 5600 also.  Hook me up.  

I\'m new to the Zaurus, but if someone wants to get a list of what needs to be done, I\'ll happily compile a kernel for it and build the packages.  I just don\'t have time to search the forums to figure out what needs to be done to get it working properly.

Do the TKC apps work properly with the Cacko ROM?

[ScottYelich]

not that it matters, but I also have a 5600 that I\'m willing to use to test this as often as needed.

Scott

[maslovsky]

I really appriciate all the offers to test the ROM, but untill there is someone willing to maintain, we have nothing to test yet...

[straif]

I really appriciate all the offers to test the ROM, but untill there is someone willing to maintain, we have nothing to test yet...

I\'ve done years of development and a fair bit of release management and such.  And I\'m looking for a better ROM.  As it is, I\'m still using my Palm that the Z 5600 was supposed to replace because I can\'t stand the PIMs (and haven\'t found a suitable replacement for them).  Even better, I will probably have a bit of time on my hands in a bit (basically, my wonderful tech job has gone elsewhere), and, hey, it will always pad a resume.

On the downside, I\'ve never built a kernel let alone a ROM (I\'m confident I can figure it out, though), my C is rusty, and my C++ is, well, non-existant

[maslovsky]

ROM maintenence does not require a lot of programming. That\'s mostly compiling existing tools/programs, building ROM image, flashing your own Zaurus, figuring out why the heck it bricked, going back to building ROM image, etc.  The you release a version to the public and realize that you\'ve forgotten one very important feature in the ROM, so you have to start working on a new version right after you\'ve finished this one.

Then you also get a number of posts from people saying - \"Hey, my WiFi card no longer works under your ROM!\"

If you\'re willing to do that - you\'re welcome.

[stormer]

Me too !

A master list of the tasks that need doing would be good, as we can figure out who will cover them. I would suggest multiple coverage as none of us are doing this full time.

Most of us are new to this so a little instruction will go a long way, we may be a little slow at first but like a fat woman falling down a stairs I am sure that we will gain an unstopable momentum !