Thread: Archos 605 Wifi
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funtasticguy is offline funtasticguy
2007-06-25 , 19:08
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Originally Posted by Bernard View Post
BTW. If it is based on Linux, shouldn't the software be (at least partly) Open Source? If I look at the website, they don't promote any community influence on the software do they?
That's the biggest complaint from Archos fans. They want Archos to fully open their software so that they could hack into it. Thus far, Archos has never fully opened their software (except what is required of them from Open Source but hackers haven't been able to do much with it).

Opera's Widgets, though, will allow users to install a bunch of stuff on their 605. These widgets are free (once you purchase the initial plugin) and are community driven (i.e. bunch of developers have designed widgets). Check it out here:

http://widgets.opera.com/