Lingoox is a Linux for the Dingoo A320 and other JZ47xx based devices.

Ignacio Garcia (aka booboo) has been a bit silent recently, but here comes another interesting bit to read!

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Sorry for the slow updates. I’ve had to deal with lots of unexpected trouble during testing of dual-boot, plus school finished recently and thus my two daughters require more attention.

I appreciate your support very much and I know you’re all holding your breath for the dual-boot functionality, so, please excuse me for the delay.

This is what’s been done:

Dual boot code has been moved from U-Boot to the SPL: removes tiny delay introduced when booting the original firmware.

LCD support implemented both in SPL and U-Boot (both ILI9325 and ILI9331). The LCD now goes live immediately on bootup, which is great when loading linux because otherwise you would see a black LCD for a couple of seconds until the kernel framebuffer driver kicks in, and it is a bit confusing.
Implemented access to the SPL area (first eraseblock of NAND) in the linux kernel. This allows flashing the dual-boot binaries from linux.

Streamlined the flashing of the dual-boot binaries from linux.
This is what needs to be done:

Add a simple dialog that shows a disclaimer and asks for confirmation before flashing the dual-boot binaries.
That is very easy and I just need a couple of hours to do it, so I can assure there will be a release tomorrow or the day past tomorrow.

One final note: someone posted a comment pointing out that lingoox might sound a bit offensive in some contexts. If this is a problem we’re on time to change it… so please let me know.

http://www.lingoox.org/2009/06/quick-update.html

Rookie1 is creating a menu system for Dingoo Linux which resembles the default Dingoo menu. The video linked shows it launching Gnu Robbo (from Gadgetoid). Next step is to implement a file choser to pick the rom file name before launching the emulator.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQEkxzuXqCY

http://a320.freeforums.org/dmenu-my-dingoo-menu-emulator-t626.html

Booboo made another major step with the “Dual Boot” option for native Dingoo Firmware and the alternative external Linux.

Please jump over to Dingoo-Scene for details.

http://dingoo-scene.blogspot.com/2009/06/booboos-dual-boot-update.html

flatmush has made an IRC channel on irc.freenode.net, called #dingoo-a320 – Everyone is welcome to come and chat Dingoo, or ask programming questions!

http://a320.freeforums.org/dingoo-a320-irc-t415.html

ainu ported vifm, a GUI file manager over to Dingoo Linux.

http://a320.freeforums.org/dingoo-file-manager-or-using-dingoo-without-pc-t608.html

Spout is an abstract shooter for Dingoo Linux.

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,27,94

Duke Nukem 3D port for Dingoo Linux.

Release notes:

ok the game copies the duke3d.cfg file to the home folder so do this first before running the game : edit duke3d.cfg and set the screen res to 320×240 then run the game. If you had already ran the duke3d game, delete the duke3d.cfg file from the home folder and make sure the 320×240 duke3d.cfg exists in the same folder as the binary (it will copy it back to the roots home folder). so basicly 1) edit duke3d.cfg and set screen res to 320×240 and copy in same folder as duke3d binary 2) rm -f ~/.duke3d/duke3d.cfg 3) run the game

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,30,95

Blockrage is falling blocks game with a 2-player hoseat mode, detailed graphics and animated plasmatic backgrounds. It is a remake of the DOS classic Xixit.

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,25,96

GNU Robbo is a free open source reimplementation of Janusz Pelc’s Robbo for the Atari XE/XL which was distributed by LK Avalon in 1989.

Quickly compiled by Gadgetoid, plus control fixes by Joyrider!

http://a320.freeforums.org/gnurobbo-running-on-dingoo-linux-t585.html

HHeretic is a faithful source port of the original Heretic game by Raven Software. This is a staticly compiled version of HHeretic.

Read the readme.txt file for further information!

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,30,91