Rockbox is a free and open-source software replacement for the OEM firmware in various forms of digital audio players with an original kernel.
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15 Facts About Rockbox
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Rockbox includes a voice-driven user-interface suitable for operation by visually impaired users.
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Rockbox can be permanently flashed into flash memory on the Archos devices, making it a firmware replacement.
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Versions of Rockbox have since been produced for more sophisticated devices.
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Rockbox is run from the hard drive or flash memory after being started with a custom boot loader, so to upgrade Rockbox, users need only copy the files onto the player's drive and restart the device.
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Rockbox is continuously developed, with new Git builds being released after every source change, and stable releases every 4 months for targets deemed sufficiently mature.
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Rockbox is targeted primarily at digital audio players, rather than the much more powerful general-purpose devices that have been increasing in popularity since 2010.
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Project to port Rockbox to run as an application under a full-fledged operating system was accepted for Google's 2010 Summer of Code and completed.
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Rockbox has essentially been a file-tree based player, to which folders could be dragged and dropped and then navigated by folder structure.
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Rockbox has many features additional to those supported by the original operating firmware, but in many cases there are limitations.
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Rockbox uses a simple kernel, with a flat memory model and single process, letting it run on platforms without a memory management unit.
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Rockbox provides support for multicore and asymmetric multiprocessor systems based on ARM, ColdFire, MIPS and SH.
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Rockbox Utility is a free computer application, available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows, built using Digia Qt platform, that is used to install and manage Rockbox on DAPs.
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Rockbox Utility provides automatic installation of Rockbox, as well as themes and voice files, directly onto a DAP with minimal user interaction.
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Rockbox Utility is updated frequently as support for new devices is added.
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