X-Server is coming to webOS, bringing along OpenOffice

CyberVsQ · 发表于 2010-4-12 10:20

如果webos能更加开放，能有那么多的开发者热心的投入，很容易的移植linux，iphone，android的程序，那iphone 4真的不可怕

The folks have WebOS-Internals have done it again. Today, dtzWill announced in the our forums that they've managed to get an X.Org Server working on the Palm Pre. Basically, this means native Linux X11 applications will be able to run on webOS!% l$ l* o" R! H6 y
One such example of an X11 application is shown in the above video. OpenOffice could prove a perfect alternative to the seemingly-mythical DocumentsToGo by DataViz. Of course some optimization for usability may be needed, but this is more than we've seen from anyone else in terms of strong productivity and office tools.
$ E' B0 G: ?: Y8 W. t Keep in mind, however, that the X-Server is not yet ready for the average user, and thus is still in the WebOS-Internals testings feed.  Rod Whitby has stated:
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Just a note to say that we do have a roadmap of being able to install  native Debian X11 GUI applications (like OpenOffice) via Preware. But  don't hold your breath, cause it looks like we need to write a whole new  FUSE filesystem driver to be able to do it. Think weeks to months,  rather than days.
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So if you're a user with knowledge on the workings of Linux and aren't afraid of getting your hands dirty, it might be worth looking into the vast potentials X11 applications can offer.

http://www.precentral.net/x-server-coming-webos-bringing-along-openoffice

CyberVsQ · 发表于 2010-4-12 10:25

Hey all. I'm the one that took the video and have OpenOffice running on my Pre. I'd like to point a few things out: First, after making this video I installed the lighter weight Word editor abiword. Editing documents was incredibly quicker in abiword and I plan on making a video to show that soon. Second, By showing OpenOffice actually running on a 500mhz Pre I was basically demonstrating that "if the biggest and most bloated Linux app (short of gimp) runs on the Pre, everything else should be a breeze". Finally, although OpenOffice runs slow I want to reiterate that *not all apps run poorly*. In fact the IM client Pidgin works so well for me I use it over the built in one.

- phil_bw -
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牛人啊
Just wanted to note that phil_bw was the developer who built on top of the foundation of Preware and the X.Org server, and did all the additional work of determining how to run a Debian chroot, how to install the appropriate X11 window manager and configure it to make it useable on a Pre, and how to install OpenOffice and make it pseudo-useable on a Pre.

I hope the article can be updated to mention Phil's major contribution to getting OpenOffice to this level of functionality.

-- Rod

whites · 发表于 2010-4-12 10:28

cool

rogueboy · 发表于 2010-4-12 10:45

没有那么多如果。

iceworld · 发表于 2010-4-12 11:02

如果把iphone面世前的智能手机系统称做OS1.0的话，面世后出现的系统称为OS2.0的话，webos应该算是这些2.0系统里可玩性最好的了，可惜啊，千万别就这么挂了

poplintse · 发表于 2010-4-12 12:21

我们的500mhz的没法玩了。。。。

sandg · 发表于 2010-4-12 12:26

哇，debian系统都上去了，那很多的软件linux软件都可以用了。
openoffice消耗的资源大，
可以装轻量级的桌面系统如xface，icewm等，那将成了移动电脑了

mpan · 发表于 2010-4-12 13:27

pidgin正式移植成功了？

kevinsf21 · 发表于 2010-4-12 16:47

不知所以然，来打酱油的.

CyberVsQ · 发表于 2010-4-23 10:09

http://www.precentral.net/docstogo-webos-standstill

By Dieter Bohn | Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 | 135 comments »
This hurts: DataViz has come right out and said that DocsToGo for webOS is no longer under active development, which is to say we have no idea when or if we might expect it happen on webOS. So writes Kathleen McAneany of DataViz:

We are continuing our efforts to work with Palm to clear the path for a full editing version of Documents To Go. However, given the current environment at Palm, as well as the necessary collaboration with the device manufacturer that is required to bring an app like ours to a platform like webOS, our Documents To Go editor product for webOS is essentially at a standstill.

As soon as we have any additional information, we will inform you immediately.

Thanks for your passion surrounding our solution.

We've gone from hope, to hoping for Early 2010, to 'no ETA,' to a 'standstill.' This is a big blow for Palm, since true document editing was one of the missing pieces for making it a true business phone. We don't want to parse words too closely here, but when we read 'given the current environment at Palm,' we're not exactly filled with warm feelings. Pretty hard to see this as anything put DataViz putting the ball in Palm's court.

DataViz makes it a little clearer on Twitter: "[...] we can only work so hard without help from the manufacturer. Tough to write an robust office suite all in javascript."

If nothing else, this news puts an exclamation point on the interest in X-Server/Open Office and other community-based attempts to build an office suite for webOS.

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