Great New Z2 Userland from RootNexus
Although I've been spending my time on other hacking projects besides the Z2 lately, that does not mean there's nothing exciting happening in the Z2 community. Our friend SoundGuy has finished putting together his Z2 root image, and it is slick! After working out some of the kinks with help from our comments (they are practically forums now...) threads, SoundGuy posted up a link to his newest "For the Average User" userland image. Terrific work! He's really got a good eye for usability. More info after the break.
OpenMSX on the Z2 – 100% perfect
Busy busy as always, but still trying new packages as they catch my eye. Not that anyone is surprised at what the Z2 can do after seeing Full Throttle running, but for the MSX lovers out there openMSX runs at 100% speed with sound etc etc. 
Z2 gaming and system update – GBA, GB/GBC, ScummVM (Sam and Max/Full Throttle Full Talkie), auto-login to Fluxbox on boot
So now that the Z2 is running debian and everything is working, it's really easy to install new programs and emulators. They are even automatically added to the fluxbox right-click mouse menu. I haven't changed or recompiled a single C file this time, this is fully "general public" ready! Here's what I've been playing with this weekend.
Z2 quickie video followup – (debian) Bomberclone running (with sound, SDL ,etc) on the Z2
Just a quick followup to the debian image video.
New Video/Tutorial – Flashing a Stock Z2 to Newest Debian Image (Windows edition)
So you've only got a windows machine handy, and you want to flash your Z2 to the newest debian (apt-get! no more cross-compiling!) image with wireless? This video is for you. Full Text after the jump.
New Video – HULU on the Zipit Z2
And not just HULU, anything that you can dynamically transcode and serve on the network, you can watch or listen to on the Z2. 30 rock on the Zipit Z2? Oh YES THANKS. Instructions after the jump.
New Video – From Stock Z2 to Fully Flashed with Audio, Fluxbox, Mouse, Aliosa27’s Latest Userland
Here is a video Mark and I made of the complete flashing and installation process, and a tour of the new userland features.
Aliosa27’s new Z2 image with X, Audio, and KEYMOUSE
Aliosa27 continues his trend of FANTASTIC progress read on below
Updated* Follow thread for new packages and images!: MyAliosa27’s up to date Z2 root FS, Todd’s battlevel ipkg and keymap working in X
So I finally sanitized my root fs and managed to get it down to about 200 megs, grab it here.
Todd got the correct keymap working in X, grab it here
Todd built a battlevel ipkg , grab it here (From Todd: "To get the battery meter to work I had to manually create some inodes, with: mknod /dev/i2c-0 c 89 0")
100$ 64-bit 3ghz ppc cross compiler for the Z2 (Installing PS3 Linux and Cross Compiling Env from Thumbdrive)
I've been seeing a lot of PS3s come up on craigslist with broken optical drives, usually around 100$. Figuring this was a great way to free up my quadcore from mundane cross-compiling duty, I set about purchasing one and setting up the Z2 cross compiling environment. It took a bit of doing, but it works. Here's a step by step guide for setting yours up.