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Dingoo Linux is still very much in its growing phases, Booboo has a current work in progress kernel that communicates via Ethernet over USB. A massive improvement for interacting with your Dingoo A320, deploying content, using Telnet and, the holy grail, FTP. Being able to get files onto a running Dingoo Linux via FTP over USB is going to be a massive benefit to developers who will now be able to update/tweak their apps without a reset cycle.

Furthermore, a DHCP server will be started on USB connect, allowing the Dingoo to give itself an IP address and configure your PC as its default gateway. This means you should be able to get internet access on the Dingoo A320 over usb.

For Windows users, a FAT-only root filesystem is on the way, allowing you to simply format your entire SD card to FAT and maintain the ability to read/write easily in Windows to your bootable SD card.

There’s little left to go to get a basic, comfortable to use Linux. We’re still waiting for a selection of Menu applications, and an on-screen keyboard overlay for easy use of the command line, but they’re coming soon.

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Linux dual booting on the Dingoo A320 is finally here, there’s no package available to end-users at time of writingBut the video below shows the Dingoo A320 successfully booting into linux when the select button is held down.

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Having put my money down to secure a Pandora I’m finally commited to the inevitable but hopefully short wait for the console to be tweaked, finalised, approved and shipped. To pass the time and feed my hunger for some open source console goodness I decided to try and get my hands on a fresh face to the community; the Dingoo A320 and produce a Dingoo A320 review.

At first glance the Dingoo A320 is just another cheap chinese MP4 player, and I suppose at heart that’s exactly what it is. But, Dingoo Digital, the A320s makers have excellently demonstrated that a cheap MP4 player doesn’t have to be a poor product.

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