Cacko ROM - English Qtopia ROM for Sharp Zaurus C7x0/C860/C1000/C3100/C3200

Cacko ROM is a localized English ROM based on Sharp Japanese ROM for Sharp Zaurus C7x0/C860/C1000/C3100/C3200 devices.

Cacko ROM 1.23 full and lite versions are released!

Read full release notes here: release-notes-1.23.txt and release-notes-1.23-lite.txt

Lite version of the Cacko ROM 1.22 is released!

Lite version is a special release of Cacko 1.22, which includes only a minimum set of programs and libraries. Everything else is available for installation from Cacko feed. You can read full release notes here: release-notes-1.22-lite.txt

Hotfix A for Cacko ROM 1.22 is released!

This updates resolves some issues, discovered in version 1.22. Read complete release notes here: release-notes-1.22a.txt
The hotfix package is compatible with both full and lite ROM versions.

Cacko ROM 1.22 FAQ

Cacko ROM 1.22 Hints and Tips

Cacko ROM 1.22 Japanese HOWTO

Cacko Bugs Database

Version 1.23 is out, featuring:

• Supporting new Zaurus models: SL-C1000, SL-C3100/SL-C3200 in addition to SL-C7x0/SL-C860
• Updated bluetooth drivers
• Updated wireless drivers, supporting Symbol/Socket, new Socket (with Agere chipset), new cards without firmware in flash (IO-Data, Planex)
• Updated kernel with faster floating point emulator
• .. and many more, see readme file for full change log.

Version 1.22 is out, featuring:

• Updated bluetooth drivers, now supporting most of bluetooth CF cards
• Updated wireless drivers, using latest hostap drivers
• Updated kernel with even more accurate battery percentage
• Midnight Commander is included
• Included updated verison of QKonsole
• New version of Kino2 media player is included
• Netfront updated to version 3.1
• .. and many more, see readme file for full change log.

Cacko ROM now has its own dedicated feed (http://cacko.biz/cacko/feed ), preconfigured in Package Manager.

You can see release notes for previous versions 1.20-1.22a here:

• release-notes-1.20.txt
• release-notes-1.21.txt
• release-notes-1.21a.txt
• release-notes-1.21b.txt
• release-notes-1.22.txt
• release-notes-1.22a.txt

Cacko ROMs can be downloaded from the ZUG web site:

• Cacko ROM 1.23 for SL-C1000 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 for SL-C3100 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 for SL-C3200 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 for SL-C700 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 for SL-C750 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 for SL-7500C (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 for SL-C760 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 for SL-C860 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 Lite for SL-C1000 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 Lite for SL-C3100 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 Lite for SL-C3200 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 Lite for SL-C700 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 Lite for SL-C750 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 Lite for SL-7500C (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 Lite for SL-C760 (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.23 Lite for SL-C860 (MD5)

Absolete versions (links are broken):

• Cacko ROM 1.22 Hotfix A
• Cacko ROM 1.22 Lite  (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.22  (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.21  (MD5)
• Cacko ROM 1.21 Hotfix B

Alternative Japanese kernel for Cacko ROMs 1.22 and 1.23 are available for download from ZUG web site:

• Japanese Kernel for Cacko ROM 1.22 (MD5)
• Japanese Kernel for Cacko ROM 1.23 (MD5)

Japanese kernel allows to add full Japanese support to Cacko ROM by installing additional packages provided in Cacko ROM feed.

Kernel source used in Cacko ROMs is available here: http://developer.ezaurus.com/sl_j/source/source_dl.htm

Tarballs of patches to the kernel and configuration files are available here:

• cacko-1.23-kernel-2.4.18.tar.gz
• cacko-1.23-kernel-2.4.20.tar.gz
• Cross tools to build Cacko 1.23 2.4.20 kernel - make sure to use this toolchain to build Cacko 2.4.20 kernel
• cacko-1.22-kernel.tar.gz
• cacko_ROM_kernel-1.21.tar.bz2

Please, visit Zaurus User Group Downloads section to download other Cacko ROM versions