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= Replicant Wiki = News about the project is available in the [http://replicant.us Replicant website]. You are currently in the Wiki section, which is the user edited section - feel free to contribute by creating an account and editing pages now! This section of the site is a wiki, and as such anyone can edit the pages here. When doing so, please bear in mind that we are a [http://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software FREE SOFTWARE] project. == Current phones == We There are currently focussing on HTC Dream and Nexus One, for several reason: * Both android phones have versions that permit the user to become root if he wants to: out there but [wiki:root_status only a few phones] few] comes legally with root privilegies, or a mecanism that permit the user to become root. privilegies. (If you know about another an android phone that comes with root by default please let us know on irc or mailing list.) * They are well supported in the AOSP(android open source project), Please note that is to say, part of the hardware libraries are released under a Free Software license * The replicant developers have or the htcdream, or both. Note that [http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/pour-one-out-t-mobile-g1-no-longer-for-sale/ T-Mobile G1 is no longer for sale] so I think our default device will become the Nexus One. Also note that if you have a phone that is not a nexusone or an htcdream, adding support for it could be doable, especially if your phone is very similar to a supported one or that you have full or partial hardware libraries source code. == Current Status == * The status: [wiki:AndroidStatus] == Replicant source code == The Replicant source code is currently hosted [http://gitorious.org/replicant at gitorious]. FIXME: describe what branch is what here. == How to build and install Replicant == * Here's how to build your image: [wiki:BuildAndroid] * Here's how to install your image [wiki:InstallAndroid] == Replicant Software Center - a libre market application == Replicant Software Center is a fully free software market application (because Google Market is proprietary software) developed using the APKTor client which is released under the GPLv2. We are going to do our own Replicant branded version but for now you can download the [http://apktor.gotoinit.com/ APKtor client]. If you wish to test it we have a libre app repository at this URI for testing purposes: http://sorbaioli.org/repo == List of Free Software applications == We're building a list of all known [wiki:ListOfKnownFreeSoftwareApps Free Software applications for the Android platform]. == Libre software replacement for non free Google apps == * Google Market -> APKtor * Gmail -> K9 * Google Maps -> [https://code.google.com/p/osmand/ OsmAnd], AndNav2 or OSMdroid or Navit * Google Talk -> [wiki:Sipdroid] * Youtube -> ? (I was able to watch youtube videos directly from my browser with cyanogenmod. Someone should try if this works with replicant too). * Genie Widget (also known as News/Weather widget) -> NEWS part: BBC News or NPR News. WEATHER part: ? === (OLD INFO) previous tentative to build a market app using SlideMe 1.0 and codeJVending === * We're working an a free software market for Android called FLOSS Dispenser based on SlideME 1.0CE. * [http://gitorious.org/replicant/floss-dispenser Source code] * [wiki:BuildFLOSSDispenser Build instructions] * FLOSS Dispenser is designed to work with JVending, an implementation of the J2EE Client Provisioning Specification. * [http://gitorious.org/replicant/jvending Source code] for our fork * [wiki:BuildAndDeployJVending Build instructions] and deployment information == IRC == We meet on an IRC channel, #replicant on irc.freenode.net. == GNU/Linux on the HTC Dream Status == [http://www.htc-linux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dream#Status This page is probably of interest.] == Starting Points for Using Trac == * TracGuide -- Built-in Documentation * [http://trac.edgewall.org/ The Trac project] -- Trac Open Source Project * [http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracFaq Trac FAQ] -- Frequently Asked Questions * TracSupport -- Trac Support For a complete list of local wiki pages, see TitleIndex.