SqueezePlay OS (Version 2) for OpenFrame

[palindrom]

for future reference ....

create a file or folder called repart .... If file, how do you do that in windows?

1. Easy:
Call notepad.exe: [Windows]-[R] notepad [ENTER]
Within notepad: Klick File.. Save As... choose the root directory of the USB drive and
change the name in the save window to repart. (do no forget the dot at the end).
If the file is named repart.txt just rename it to repart.

2. CMD Prompt:
Open Command prompt: [Windows]-[R] CMD [ENTER]
Within CMD type: copy NUL {USB DRIVE LETTER}:\repart. & EXIT [ENTER]

[wywywywy]

I just have a very quick question - is there any way to increase the font size in the SqueezePlay menu?

By the way thank you very much Roobarb again for doing all these.

[roobarb!]

I just have a very quick question - is there any way to increase the font size in the SqueezePlay menu?

Not really - the interface is very rigid, which is why it took so long to adjust it for the 800x480 display in the first place.

[Woodhouse]

Hi there,

First off, thanks a lot for this fine peace of work! I am researching a problem for a friend of mine. He wants to connect his favorite dac, the TEAC UD-H01. This is possible but usage is limited due to a bug in the firmware of this particular DAC that returns the wrong feedback data. Therefore he can not playback higher resolution files correctly.

Recently, finally a patch was posted to deal with this issue. It can be found here: http://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg49593.html. I am now in the process of figuring out how I can apply this patch to the 3.10.29op1 kernel used on the joggler.

I would need to patch the source for this kernel by hand and then compile the patched kernel using the existing config. I suspect that this will not work in the joggler itself due to overheating and space constraints. Furthermore I can not find this kernel source in the repo. Then I could probably do it on my existing ubuntu 12.04 desktop box by compiling for the joggler.

I suspect that roobarb might be able to help me here, by providing the "patched" kernel source that he used for the kernel in the latest version or another way of obtaining it. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[wywywywy]

I just have a very quick question - is there any way to increase the font size in the SqueezePlay menu?

Not really - the interface is very rigid, which is why it took so long to adjust it for the 800x480 display in the first place.

I see. No worries, and thank you again. I appreciate the work.

[parrafin23]

Got this goin my self. booting from usb, nice gui and all is woring perfectly.. now I want this to me in the internal memory.

From windows7 and using win32 disk imager, adding reflashing tool and write.. Write ok.

copy the sqpos206_of2.img.gz and the md5 file to the reflash dir.

starting up my joggler with the usb inserted. all looks good, it boots and its decompressing and writing the img to internal memory..
Watching the led on the usb memory stick flashing to indicate that its doin something, That looks promising..

And Fail!!

What am I doing wrong here?

Mr.P

[roobarb!]

I would need to patch the source for this kernel by hand and then compile the patched kernel using the existing config. I suspect that this will not work in the joggler itself due to overheating and space constraints. Furthermore I can not find this kernel source in the repo. Then I could probably do it on my existing ubuntu 12.04 desktop box by compiling for the joggler.

All the kernel bits and bobs are here - use the official 3.10 kernel sources and even more recent versions will probably patch up just fine. You can compile on the Joggler - there's really no need to worry about overheating at all - it'll just take a while, but as it's an x86 chip you can just compile it 32-bit on any box you like.

And yes, you'd need external storage. Don't even attempt it on the internal memory.

[roobarb!]

starting up my joggler with the usb inserted. all looks good, it boots and its decompressing and writing the img to internal memory..
Watching the led on the usb memory stick flashing to indicate that its doin something, That looks promising..

And Fail!!

What am I doing wrong here?

I think you've lost track of your threads, but this is the more appropriate one, so I'll repost what I said in the other one here:

Pop SqueezePlay OS onto a USB stick, boot it and then use your computer to SSH in to SQPOS (using Terminal.app or puTTY on Windows). Username and password are 'joggler'. Then run this command:

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sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0 

You should get back something like this:

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joggler@openframe:/etc/init$ sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0 

Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 1028 MB, 1028128768 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 31376 cylinders, total 2008064 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mmcblk0 doesn't contain a valid partition table

I ran this on a bog-standard Joggler, so you should get 2055208960 bytes of space on your Telio Touch... post back with what you see!

That OF2 you have (it's not a Joggler!) might have a smaller internal memory, in which case the OF1 internal image should work - but in the long term I'd need to know the exact size of that internal memory chip to produce a smaller image file to suit it.

[Woodhouse]

Thanks a lot!

I'll try it an let you know!

[pete]

Here is a JPG of a quickie snapshot view via a USB BuzzBootUbuntu.

I am amazed as the device has been off for many weeks now and it booted right away to the correct date and time with no network cable plugged in. (like that battery thing).

This specific OF2 is using a 16Gb SSD boot USB to ZIF mini drive. I am guessing this is the standard on the OF2 boxes unless the MMC has been corrupted or mangled and reformatted to utilize only the space that is good?

[parrafin23]

okey. so i ran the command sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0

Disk /dev/mmcblk: 2000MB, 20000683008 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 61056 cyl, total 3907584 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk Identifier: 0x0004526c


I did manage to flash of1 file, but it refuses to boot.

Linux mint and xubuntu boots perfectly form usb..

Mr.P

[pete]

Use the smaller image and make it bigger with Gparted using BuzzBootUbuntu. It'll take 5 minutes.

[parrafin23]

Pete.. Im a uber linux noob..... I dont understand, im sorry.. I failed....


Mr.P

[roobarb!]

okey. so i ran the command sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0

Disk /dev/mmcblk: 2000MB, 20000683008 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 61056 cyl, total 3907584 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk Identifier: 0x0004526c

Curious. That line definitely said:

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Disk /dev/mmcblk: 2000MB, 20000683008 bytes

And not:

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Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 2000MB, 20000683008 bytes

Just to be sure, could you boot again and this time run:

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ls -la /dev

And paste the output here?

I did manage to flash of1 file, but it refuses to boot.

Hmm. If you flashed the OpenFrame 1 Internal Memory one it should have done...

Linux mint and xubuntu boots perfectly form usb..

Yeah, booting from a USB stick is a different kettle of fish.

[jim_lewis1]

HI, I've been using the excellent SqPOS on various Jogglers, predominantly to use Spotify. Until now I've never had an issue with sound problems when streaming, but now for some reason around 30secs from the end of a track there is a stutter in playback. It occurs on every track at almost the same distance from the end.

I don't know why this has started now, is there a way to fix it?

Thanks.

[Man in a van]

HI, I've been using the excellent SqPOS on various Jogglers, predominantly to use Spotify. Until now I've never had an issue with sound problems when streaming, but now for some reason around 30secs from the end of a track there is a stutter in playback. It occurs on every track at almost the same distance from the end.

I don't know why this has started now, is there a way to fix it?

Thanks.

If you look over on the Slimdevices forum, some people are experiencing problems with Spotify;

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthrea ... 29/page555


Also on the piCorePlayer thread there is this; on post #1372

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthrea ... te/page138

But first of all try the switch it on and off routine, reboot the Joggler and also your Router, this sometimes seems to work for minor irritations. I occasionally switch of my Router overnight.

Also are you utilising the Triode app or MySqueezeboxdotcom app? Whichever one why not try the other to see if the problem is replicated.

I've not used Spotify since last weekend, but had no problems using Triode's app on a Joggler set up as LMS server.

Good luck.

atb

ronnie.

[Woodhouse]

Hi Roobarb,

In the link you post, I see a number of patches.

All the kernel bits and bobs are here - use the official 3.10 kernel sources and even more recent versions will probably patch up just fine. You can compile on the Joggler - there's really no need to worry about overheating at all - it'll just take a while, but as it's an x86 chip you can just compile it 32-bit on any box you like.

I see that all patches in kernel_patches are included in 3.10.29op1_precise/

What should be done with joggler-stac9202.patch?

Looking forward to your response.

[parrafin23]

Ok Roobard, I might be wrong about mmcblk and it sould be mmcblk0, Ill check that when i get home. Ill run the command ls -la /dev too and post it here as you asked.

I do not understand why the of1 would not run on the internal mem. but on the other hand I do not understand how linux boots eighter..

Thankfully im @that age that i have used ms-dos, and formating flopies and hdd's with format /U/Q/S is still in my fingers. I thiught that would be gone by now.

and to do a fresh install of windows 95 with the code 040-12345 worked.. all the those "magic" stuff is useless now, but I do remember them pretty well.

you could use the windows 95upgrade on a newely formated Hdd just needed to make it bootable with format c: /U/Q/S and create a dir windows, and use edit to create win.exe and the update cd would accept it as a valid windows installation.. WEl.. enough of the old days

Mr.P

[parrafin23]

Here it is. I hope it was right

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joggler@joggler ~ $ ls -la /dev
total 4
drwxr-xr-x  15 root root        3640 Jun 27 17:44 .
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root         156 Nov 30  2013 ..
crw-rw---T+  1 root audio    14,  12 Jun 27 17:44 adsp
crw-rw---T+  1 root audio    14,   4 Jun 27 17:44 audio
crw-rw---T+  1 root audio    14,  20 Jun 27 17:44 audio1
crw------T   1 root root     10, 235 Jun 27 17:44 autofs
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root         680 Jun 27 17:44 block
crw------T   1 root root     10, 234 Jun 27 17:44 btrfs-control
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root          60 Jun 27 17:43 bus
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root        3220 Jun 27 17:44 char
crw-------   1 root root      5,   1 Jun 27 17:44 console
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root          11 Jun 27 17:44 core -> /proc/kcore
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root          60 Jun 27 17:44 cpu
crw-------   1 root root     10,  61 Jun 27 17:44 cpu_dma_latency
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root         120 Jun 27 17:43 disk
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root          60 Jun 27 17:44 dri
crw-rw---T+  1 root audio    14,   3 Jun 27 17:44 dsp
crw-rw---T+  1 root audio    14,  19 Jun 27 17:44 dsp1
crw-rw----   1 root video    29,   0 Jun 27 17:44 fb0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root          13 Jun 27 17:44 fd -> /proc/self/fd
crw-rw-rw-   1 root root      1,   7 Jun 27 17:44 full
crw-rw-rwT   1 root fuse     10, 229 Jun 27 17:44 fuse
crw-------   1 root root    252,   0 Jun 27 17:44 hidraw0
crw-------   1 root root    252,   1 Jun 27 17:44 hidraw1
crw-------   1 root root    252,   2 Jun 27 17:44 hidraw2
crw-------   1 root root    252,   3 Jun 27 17:44 hidraw3
crw-------   1 root root     10, 228 Jun 27 17:44 hpet
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root          14 Jun 27 17:43 .initramfs -> /run/initramfs
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root         320 Jun 27 17:44 input
crw-------   1 root root      1,  11 Jun 27 17:44 kmsg
srw-rw-rw-   1 root root           0 Jun 27 17:44 log
brw-rw----   1 root disk      7,   0 Jun 27 17:44 loop0
brw-rw----   1 root disk      7,   1 Jun 27 17:44 loop1
brw-rw----   1 root disk      7,   2 Jun 27 17:44 loop2
brw-rw----   1 root disk      7,   3 Jun 27 17:44 loop3
brw-rw----   1 root disk      7,   4 Jun 27 17:44 loop4
brw-rw----   1 root disk      7,   5 Jun 27 17:44 loop5
brw-rw----   1 root disk      7,   6 Jun 27 17:44 loop6
brw-rw----   1 root disk      7,   7 Jun 27 17:44 loop7
crw-------   1 root root     10, 237 Jun 27 17:44 loop-control
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root          60 Jun 27 17:43 mapper
crw-------   1 root root     10, 227 Jun 27 17:44 mcelog
crw-r-----   1 root kmem      1,   1 Jun 27 17:44 mem
crw-rw---T+  1 root audio    14,   0 Jun 27 17:44 mixer
crw-rw---T+  1 root audio    14,  16 Jun 27 17:44 mixer1
brw-rw----   1 root disk    179,   0 Jun 27 17:44 mmcblk0
brw-rw----   1 root disk    179,   1 Jun 27 17:44 mmcblk0p1
brw-rw----   1 root disk    179,   2 Jun 27 17:44 mmcblk0p2
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root          60 Jun 27 17:43 net
crw-------   1 root root     10,  60 Jun 27 17:44 network_latency
crw-------   1 root root     10,  59 Jun 27 17:44 network_throughput
crw-rw-rw-   1 root root      1,   3 Jun 27 17:44 null
crw-r-----   1 root kmem      1,   4 Jun 27 17:44 port
crw-------   1 root root    108,   0 Jun 27 17:44 ppp
crw-------   1 root root     10,   1 Jun 27 17:44 psaux
crw-rw-rw-   1 root tty       5,   2 Jun 27 18:04 ptmx
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root           0 Jun 27 17:43 pts
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,   0 Jun 27 17:44 ram0
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,   1 Jun 27 17:44 ram1
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,  10 Jun 27 17:44 ram10
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,  11 Jun 27 17:44 ram11
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,  12 Jun 27 17:44 ram12
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,  13 Jun 27 17:44 ram13
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,  14 Jun 27 17:44 ram14
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,  15 Jun 27 17:44 ram15
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,   2 Jun 27 17:44 ram2
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,   3 Jun 27 17:44 ram3
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,   4 Jun 27 17:44 ram4
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,   5 Jun 27 17:44 ram5
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,   6 Jun 27 17:44 ram6
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,   7 Jun 27 17:44 ram7
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,   8 Jun 27 17:44 ram8
brw-rw----   1 root disk      1,   9 Jun 27 17:44 ram9
crw-rw-rw-   1 root root      1,   8 Jun 27 17:44 random
crw-rw-r--+  1 root root     10,  62 Jun 27 17:44 rfkill
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           4 Jun 27 17:44 rtc -> rtc0
crw-------   1 root root    254,   0 Jun 27 17:44 rtc0
crw-rw---T+  1 root audio    14,   1 Jun 27 17:44 sequencer
crw-rw---T+  1 root audio    14,   8 Jun 27 17:44 sequencer2
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           8 Jun 27 17:44 shm -> /run/shm
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root         280 Jun 27 17:44 snd
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root          15 Jun 27 17:44 stderr -> /proc/self/fd/2
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root          15 Jun 27 17:44 stdin -> /proc/self/fd/0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root          15 Jun 27 17:44 stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1
crw-rw-rw-   1 root tty       5,   0 Jun 27 17:44 tty
crw--w----   1 root root      4,   0 Jun 27 17:44 tty0
crw-rw----   1 root tty       4,   1 Jun 27 17:44 tty1
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  10 Jun 27 17:44 tty10
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  11 Jun 27 17:44 tty11
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  12 Jun 27 17:44 tty12
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  13 Jun 27 17:44 tty13
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  14 Jun 27 17:44 tty14
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  15 Jun 27 17:44 tty15
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  16 Jun 27 17:44 tty16
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  17 Jun 27 17:44 tty17
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  18 Jun 27 17:44 tty18
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  19 Jun 27 17:44 tty19
crw-rw----   1 root tty       4,   2 Jun 27 17:44 tty2
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  20 Jun 27 17:44 tty20
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  21 Jun 27 17:44 tty21
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  22 Jun 27 17:44 tty22
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  23 Jun 27 17:44 tty23
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  24 Jun 27 17:44 tty24
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  25 Jun 27 17:44 tty25
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  26 Jun 27 17:44 tty26
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  27 Jun 27 17:44 tty27
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  28 Jun 27 17:44 tty28
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  29 Jun 27 17:44 tty29
crw-rw----   1 root tty       4,   3 Jun 27 17:44 tty3
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  30 Jun 27 17:44 tty30
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  31 Jun 27 17:44 tty31
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  32 Jun 27 17:44 tty32
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  33 Jun 27 17:44 tty33
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  34 Jun 27 17:44 tty34
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  35 Jun 27 17:44 tty35
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  36 Jun 27 17:44 tty36
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  37 Jun 27 17:44 tty37
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  38 Jun 27 17:44 tty38
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  39 Jun 27 17:44 tty39
crw-rw----   1 root tty       4,   4 Jun 27 17:44 tty4
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  40 Jun 27 17:44 tty40
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  41 Jun 27 17:44 tty41
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  42 Jun 27 17:44 tty42
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  43 Jun 27 17:44 tty43
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  44 Jun 27 17:44 tty44
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  45 Jun 27 17:44 tty45
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  46 Jun 27 17:44 tty46
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  47 Jun 27 17:44 tty47
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  48 Jun 27 17:44 tty48
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  49 Jun 27 17:44 tty49
crw-rw----   1 root tty       4,   5 Jun 27 17:44 tty5
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  50 Jun 27 17:44 tty50
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  51 Jun 27 17:44 tty51
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  52 Jun 27 17:44 tty52
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  53 Jun 27 17:44 tty53
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  54 Jun 27 17:44 tty54
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  55 Jun 27 17:44 tty55
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  56 Jun 27 17:44 tty56
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  57 Jun 27 17:44 tty57
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  58 Jun 27 17:44 tty58
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  59 Jun 27 17:44 tty59
crw-rw----   1 root tty       4,   6 Jun 27 17:44 tty6
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  60 Jun 27 17:44 tty60
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  61 Jun 27 17:44 tty61
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  62 Jun 27 17:44 tty62
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,  63 Jun 27 17:44 tty63
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,   7 Jun 27 17:44 tty7
crw--w----   1 root root      4,   8 Jun 27 17:44 tty8
crw--w----   1 root tty       4,   9 Jun 27 17:44 tty9
crw-rw----   1 root dialout   4,  64 Jun 27 17:44 ttyS0
crw-rw----   1 root dialout   4,  65 Jun 27 17:44 ttyS1
crw-rw----   1 root dialout   4,  66 Jun 27 17:44 ttyS2
crw-rw----   1 root dialout   4,  67 Jun 27 17:44 ttyS3
brw-rw----   1 root disk    180,   0 Jun 27 17:44 uba
brw-rw----   1 root disk    180,   1 Jun 27 17:44 uba1
brw-rw----   1 root disk    180,   2 Jun 27 17:44 uba2
brw-rw----   1 root disk    180,   3 Jun 27 17:44 uba3
brw-rw----   1 root disk    180,   4 Jun 27 17:44 uba4
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root          60 Jun 27 17:44 .udev
crw------T   1 root root     10, 223 Jun 27 17:44 uinput
crw-rw-rw-   1 root root      1,   9 Jun 27 17:44 urandom
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root          60 Jun 27 17:43 usb
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7,   0 Jun 27 17:44 vcs
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7,   1 Jun 27 17:44 vcs1
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7,   2 Jun 27 17:44 vcs2
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7,   3 Jun 27 17:44 vcs3
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7,   4 Jun 27 17:44 vcs4
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7,   5 Jun 27 17:44 vcs5
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7,   6 Jun 27 17:44 vcs6
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7,   7 Jun 27 17:44 vcs7
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7,   8 Jun 27 17:44 vcs8
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7, 128 Jun 27 17:44 vcsa
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7, 129 Jun 27 17:44 vcsa1
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7, 130 Jun 27 17:44 vcsa2
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7, 131 Jun 27 17:44 vcsa3
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7, 132 Jun 27 17:44 vcsa4
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7, 133 Jun 27 17:44 vcsa5
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7, 134 Jun 27 17:44 vcsa6
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7, 135 Jun 27 17:44 vcsa7
crw-rw----   1 root tty       7, 136 Jun 27 17:44 vcsa8
crw-------   1 root root     10,  63 Jun 27 17:44 vga_arbiter
crw-rw-rw-   1 root root      1,   5 Jun 27 17:44 zero
joggler@joggler ~ $

How difficult could it be?? just go get a tiny linux installed with squeezeplay on the internal mem??? Linux is greek to me.. Thats why its difficult for me i guess

Mr.P

[pete]

Linux is greek to me

Patience and baby steps. You will will get there.

Once you get there then too you can go back to using XP or Windows 8.1 on the Joggler. Its a bit different than what you used to but can be done.

Linux is more native to the Openpeak devices; that said though you can run Linux, Android and Windows on the device you have.