As of today, we would like to invite you for a Developer Preview of our operating system and active participation in creating the operating system that runs on Mudita Pure.
We hope that you’re as excited as we are on starting this Open Source journey! We look forward to working with you on the best possible operating system for Mudita Pure.
Will the OS support application development? It seems to me like a lot of the arguments around functionality of the Pure OOTB can be addressed by allowing application development on the OS.
Hi @carson
When it comes to creating apps for MuditaOS there will be at least two possible ways of doing it:
Fork it (create a copy of it), change it (write a new app) and upload it to their phones. Changes will be available to others so other people can also install this version of the software. Mudita doesn’t take responsibility for installing such versions.
People can make changes to the original repository which if get approved will land in the official release of MuditaOS and will be available to all users.
As of today, there’s no app store - but who knows what the future holds
I’ve just discovered Mudita and MuditaOS thanks to a post in the Free Software Foundation members forum where they celebrate the announcement of going “Open Source” with the GPL license and thus being Free Software.
The fact that a innovative company like Mudita is backing Free Software is HUGE for the community and something that is definitely more needed in this creepy world.
Thank you for this decision and I hope that the hole company fully embraces Free Software and it’s philosophy across everything you do.
As long as you keep aligned with this values I’ll love to contribute to the project in everything I can. Of course I will also buy Muldita Pure/Bell and whatever you do with these principles since they are dream devices for someone trying to adopt a more minimalist lifestyle everyday like me.
@anon50734617 Thank you so much for this! I hope you’ve signed up for the Developer Preview - we’ll be sending some next steps really soon. Thank you for all the kind words
So, are you going to accept modifications from other users? Are we going to be able to help in fixing bugs? If so, how can we test our development? is there some kind of simulator we could use?
So, are you going to accept modifications from other users?
If our core development team finds the modifications valuable then YES.
Are we going to be able to help in fixing bugs?
Yes, of course!
If so, how can we test our development? is there some kind of simulator we could use?
There is a simulator and our documentation includes a manual on how to quick start with the development environment for MuditaOS.
Please sign up for the Developer Preview so that you get a bigger chance to be one of the first people to enter the repository and support us with your feedback.
I hope that answers your questions.
I applied already for the Developer Preview and I asked some questions I received about other contributions in open source projects. I am looking forward for your green light to start.
Can’t wait. Thanks a lot for your clarifications. I hope to be able to contribute soon.
I applied for the Developer Preview a couple days ago - hope to be approved soon. I’m curious if MuditaOS or its apps have been run through a static code checker yet - something like Coverity. There’s a no-cost version of Coverity available for open source projects (scan.coverity.com). If I get access and this hasn’t been done yet, it might be good to see if a Coverity scan turns up any issues. Let me know what you think…thanks!
Is there a time limit to the developer preview access? Having been granted preview access only three weeks ago, I noticed that my access was revoked today. I would still love to contribute.
Hi @brickfan2020
We were looking at users that we currently pay for and have not heard from (we’ve added more than 400 paid accounts, some of them were really idle) - I can add you back if you want or if you want to contribute in the future the repository will be open to everyone after the launch. Please let me know!
