Johannes' Blog

Plugbox Linux is a port of Arch Linux to the ARM platform. It is mainly targeted at those Plug computers. Since the Zipit Z2 uses a ARMv5 CPU just like most Plug computers do, running Plugbox Linux on the Z2 is possible.



Here I'll describe how to install Plugbox on a Zipit Z2.

If you want to try this yourself, you need a PC with a working card reader running some kind of Linux. Your Zipit Z2 needs to have U-Boot installed.

On my Zipit Z2 rootfs the key table is stored in the file z2.kmap located in the /etc folder. As required by busybox's loadkmap utility, this file needs to be in a special binary format. So you cannot simply edit the file to change the keymapping. What you need to do is edit the text version of that file and then compile it into the required binary format. You can do that on any Linux computer with the loadkeys utility.

I have added category Atom feeds, so it is now possible to only get notified about new articles in a certain category. So if you are interested in Pandora stuff only, you could use the Pandora category feed. You'll find the feed links on each category page right below the headline.

This change was necessary due to the huge daily amount of new articles here. ;)

Here is another Gmu release with several new features and bugfixes. Once again Gmu is available for several platforms: GP2X, GP2X Wiz, Dingoo A320/A330, Ben Nanonote, Pandora Handheld and for the first time the Zipit Z2. Caanoo users please have a look here.

Here is an updated version of my small Zipit Z2 Linux System.



The most important changes since the last version are:

• Updated kernel with deep sleep support
• Inclusion of bitlbee (for instant messaging through Jabber (XMPP), ICQ, etc.
• Support of the front LEDs of the Z2 (low battery indicator and wireless traffic indicator)
• Small Gmu music player update