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   1 <? createHeader("barry - BlackBerry &trade; synchronization for Linux"); ?>
   2
   3 <? include ("barry.inc"); ?>
   4
   5 <div class="subHeader">Overview</div>
   6
   7 <p>Linux users who also use a BlackBerry &trade; now have an option for
   8 managing their BlackBerry directly from Linux.</p>
   9
  10 <p>Barry is an Open Source application that will allow synchronization,
  11 backup, restore and program management for BlackBerry &trade; devices.
  12 Barry is primarily developed on Linux, but is intended as a cross platform
  13 library and application set, targetting Linux, BSD, 32/64bit, and big/little
  14 endian systems.  You can find the source code at the
  15 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/barry/">Sourceforge project page</a>
  16 </p>
  17
  18 <div class="subHeader">Getting Started</div>
  19
  20 <p>Barry comes in source and binary package format.  You can find the latest
  21 downloads <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=153722">here</a>.</p>
  22
  23 <p>Before you start, you should check whether your system meets the following
  24 requirements:</p>
  25
  26 <ul>
  27         <li>A kernel with the berry_charge module disabled</li>
  28         <li>If you are running a Fedora system, make sure you have the
  29                 ConsoleKit package installed.  This will allow you to
  30                 access the Blackberry without root privileges.</li>
  31 </ul>
  32
  33 <p>See the <? createLink("requirements", "requirements"); ?> document for
  34 more details on the above requirements.</p>
  35
  36 <p>See the <? createLink("install", "installation"); ?> page for
  37 instructions on installing Barry from source.</p>
  38
  39 <div class="subHeader">Help Wanted</div>
  40
  41 <p>We can always use help in testing and developing extra features.
  42 If you have any trouble getting Barry to work, please contact us on
  43 the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=153722">mailing list</a>.
  44 </p>
  45
  46 <p>There are dozens of databases that need to be documented and supported
  47 in the library.  If you have a BlackBerry &trade; device and are interested
  48 in helping decipher data, we have a
  49 <? createLink("hacking", "barry hacking document"); ?> that will help you.
  50 </p>
  51
  52 <p>We are also looking for help in many areas: general documentation,
  53 howto documents, Python SWIG wrappers, or Python GUIs.  Feel free to
  54 ask on the mailing list for more information.</p>
  55
  56 <div class="subHeader">Design</div>
  57
  58 <p>If you are interested in helping out or just interested in how it works,
  59 check out our <? createLink("design", "design notes"); ?>.
  60
  61 <div class="subHeader">Roadmap</div>
  62
  63 <p>We have put together a document that describes where we are and where we
  64 want to take barry. Check out our <? createLink("roadmap", "roadmap"); ?>
  65 to see what's happening.</p>
  66