<s>
OpenZaurus	B-Language
is	O
a	O
defunct	O
embedded	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Sharp	B-Operating_System
Zaurus	I-Operating_System
personal	O
mobile	O
tool	O
PDA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
original	O
form	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
a	O
repackaging	O
of	O
the	O
SharpROM	O
,	O
the	O
Zaurus	B-Operating_System
's	O
factory	O
supplied	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
and	O
root	O
filesystem	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
Zaurus	B-Operating_System
's	O
OS	O
closer	O
to	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
the	O
developer	B-Application
community	O
,	O
the	O
SharpROM	O
was	O
altered	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
bugfixes	O
,	O
software	O
additions	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
removals	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
package	O
more	O
open	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenZaurus	B-Language
project	O
was	O
revamped	O
completely	O
,	O
becoming	O
Debian-based	O
built	O
from	O
source	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
change	O
in	O
direction	O
,	O
OpenZaurus	B-Language
became	O
quite	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
embedded	O
Debian-based	O
distributions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Familiar	O
for	O
the	O
iPAQ	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenZaurus	B-Language
,	O
in	O
its	O
current	O
form	O
,	O
facilitates	O
an	O
easy	O
method	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
build	O
their	O
own	O
custom	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
efforts	O
of	O
Openzaurus	B-Language
,	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
embedded	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
projects	O
,	O
were	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
Project	O
,	O
which	O
now	O
provides	O
the	O
common	O
framework	O
for	O
these	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
building	O
a	O
custom	O
OpenZaurus	B-Language
image	O
using	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
metadata	O
,	O
The	O
OpenZaurus	B-Language
distribution	O
can	O
be	O
acquired	O
in	O
three	O
variations	O
for	O
each	O
version	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bootstrap	O
:	O
A	O
minimal	O
,	O
console	B-Application
based	O
image	O
with	O
a	O
working	O
root	O
filesystem	O
,	O
and	O
networking	O
over	O
SSH	B-Protocol
,	O
WLAN	B-Architecture
,	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
USB	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suitable	O
for	O
bootstrapping	B-Application
a	O
larger	O
,	O
X11	B-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPE	B-Language
:	O
Everything	O
the	O
Bootstrap	O
image	O
contains	O
,	O
plus	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
GTK+	B-Application
based	O
GPE	B-Language
Palmtop	I-Language
Environment	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
OPIE	O
:	O
Everything	O
the	O
Bootstrap	O
image	O
contains	O
and	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
based	O
OPIE	O
Palmtop	O
Integrated	O
Environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
26	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
OpenZaurus	B-Language
project	O
was	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Future	O
development	O
efforts	O
are	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
Ångström	B-Language
distribution	I-Language
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
