Jlime

Jlime Linux
Developer	Kristoffer Ericson and Jlime Community
OS family	Unix-like
Source model	Open source
Latest release	1.01 / November 6, 2006
Platforms	SH3 (Jornada 6xx); ARM (Jornada 7xx, MobilePro 900/900c); MIPS (Ben Nanonote, MobilePro 7xx/8xx)
Kernel type	Monolithic kernel
Default; user interface	Console, OPIE, IceWM
License	GPL
Official website	www.jlime.com

Jornada Linux Mobility Edition (JLime for short) is a Linux distribution originally only aimed for the HP Jornada platform. It was created in Late 2003 by Kristoffer Ericson and Henk Brunstin. It's being developed using the OpenEmbedded build system.

History and name

The work on JLime began in late 2003 due to the need for a working Linux distribution on the HP 6xx Jornada platform. The idea behind JLime is a distribution that brings speed and portability to the Jornada. The Jornada had been unsupported in 2.6 kernel (due to lack of developers / test machines) and first year was focused on enabling support. 2.6.9 was the first kernel to be able to boot.

In early February 2006 the JLime site was renovated by the JLime forum user "chazco".[1]

Recent development added the NEC Mobilepro 900 and Ben NanoNote among the supported devices.

JLime Installer

JLime developers "Chazco" and "B_Lizzard" created an initrd based installation tool which can install JLime onto the Jornada 6xx without the need of any Linux machine, however development of this method has halted and has not been applied to any handheld PC other than the jornada 6xx. Most PDA systems use flash memory, but the Jornada handheld computers lack this facility. Therefore, JLime is installed onto a (partitioned) compact flash card. The installer uses a text based dialog orientated interface.

Package management

JLime uses a minimalistic tool of APT called ipkg to handle packages (see package management system), it can install/remove/update through any existing internet connection or locally. Packages are downloaded from so-called feed repositories and dependencies are handled automatically.[2]

IceWM on Jornada

JLime is a fully functioning Linux distro and currently uses IceWM window manager as a GUI 'environment'. JLime includes the following applications with IceWM: Minimo, XChat, dillo, Rox-filer, Abiword, Leafpad, Torsmo and a few other useful applications.

Developer List

Here is the list of the current active developers involved in the JLiME project [3].

Kernel Maintainers

Kristoffer Ericson (kristoffer) - kernel hp6xx/hp7xx

Rafael Ignacio Zurita (rafa) - kernel hp6xx

Michael Petchkovsky (cosmo0) - kernel mp900

Package/Userland Maintainers

Alex Palestras (B_lizzard) - packages hp6xx (OE) (2006 - ......)

Matt Oudenhoven (wicked) - packages hp7xx/mp900 (OE)

Site Maintainers

chazco - General maintenance - webmaster (2006 - ........)

Past Maintainers

Jan Misiak (fijam) - Documentation maintainer & Kernel Tester (2006 - Oct 2007)

Releases

Release Name	Platform	Date
Shrek	[HP] 620/660/680/690	Summer 2004 - Obsolete
Donkey	[HP] 620/660/680/690	0.5.0, August 6, 2006 1.0.0, October 31, 2006 - The Official release 1.0.1, November 6, 2006 - Bugfix release IceWM, 2008
Vargtass	[HP] 620/660/680/690	November 1, 2008 - 5.0pre4
Mongo	[HP] 720/728	Opie Userland March 16, 2008 - Stable IceWM Userland March 16, 2008 - Stable
Farquaad	[NEC] 770/780/790/800/880	Hasn't released yet
Henchman	[NEC] 900/900c	02-20-08, February 20, 2008
Muffinman	Ben Nanonote	19-12-10, December 19, 2010

JLime developed ports

Release Name	HP Jornada Supported	port of
Shlack	620/660/680/690	Slackware
Manfred	620/660/680/690	Debian Sarge
Stark	(not released yet) 720/728	ArchLinux
Shark	(not released yet) 620/660/680/690	ArchLinux

External links

Reviews

Review of JLime Donkey 1.0.2 by Charles Hague, HPC:Factor (22 January 2007)