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About Bernhard Rosenkränzer

Bernhard started developing software back when he saw his first computer - an Atari ST back in 1985. He has been involved in Linux and Open Source since 1993 - previous employers include MandrakeSoft (now Mandriva) and Red Hat, and various startups.

Linaro Android JellyBean on Galaxy Nexus (GSM) – Accelerating Mobile Devices

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

Linaro Android 12.08 is not just the first Linaro Android release based on JellyBean (android-4.1.1_r4, to be more precise) – it also introduces support for JellyBean running on the Galaxy Nexus. We’ve brought back all the optimizations made for earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, Hardware, Linaro | 4 Comments

Linaro Android toolchain nightly builds available

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

Those have been up and running for a while, but we never announced it, so it may well be news Nightly builds of the Linaro Android toolchain are now available at a constant URL. Builds of 3 branches are available: … Continue reading →

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Linaro Android running on Galaxy Nexus

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

No, I promise, it’s not a Last-day-of-April-Fools joke. Linaro Android, built with the Linaro toolchain (my test build was done with the gcc 4.7 based 2012.04 Android toolchain release), can run on a Galaxy Nexus phones (GSM version tested, CDMA … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, Community | 16 Comments

Linaro releases Android 5.0.0 “Jujube”

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

Linaro has always ensured that its Android releases contain the most up-to-date components possible. Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re able to release our version of Android 5.0.0 “Jujube”. If, like us, you can’t wait to try it out, … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, Community, Releases | 6 Comments

Linaro Android updated to 4.0.4

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Less than 24 hours after Android 4.0.4 appeared on Google’s servers, we’re pleased to announce the availability of a Linaro-ified Android 4.0.4. (This is not an official release – it’s the beginning of the 12.04 builds.) The complete source is … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, Community, Linaro, Patch-Highlights, Releases | 2 Comments

Linaro Android gets ready for gcc 4.7

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

With the first release candidate of gcc 4.7 out, we’ve decided to get Linaro Android ready for the new compiler. Overall, adding support for the new compiler went smoothly – in the process, we fixed 2 compiler bugs, and adapted … Continue reading →

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Compiler flags used to speed up Linaro Android 2011.10, and future optimizations

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

People trying out the latest Linaro Android builds may notice they’re faster than the older versions. One of the reasons for this is that we’re using a new set of compiler flags for this build. We’ve switched from a base … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, Linaro, Patch-Highlights | 1 Comment