Please explain Enigma2 vs. Image

  • Hello!


    I will play dumb and ask a number of dumb questions, so please be patient with me and try to explain these numbers and the thinking behind all this because I do not understand, it makes my head spin round and round.


    So I have this DM500 HD with the following software.


    Enigma2: 2012-11-03-3.2
    Image: Release 3.2.3 2012-07-07


    When I look at the downloads for this box I get the following details.


    Firmware
    (Release 3.2.4 from 04.11.2012)


    How is Enigma2 different from Image? Are they not one and the same? Can I get an Image without Enigma2? Or just Enigma2 and no Image? :wacko:


    What is the said download for? The Image or Enigma2? Or is it just the Firmware? :confused_face:


    Why does it say "3.2" in the first string "Enigma2: 2012-11-03-3.2"? :face_with_open_mouth:


    Why is the date in second string "2012-07-07" not the same as "2012-11-03" in the first string? :astonished_face:


    Is it true then that 3.2.3 was released on 2012-11-03, only one day before 3.2.4 which was released on 2012-11-04? :face_with_rolling_eyes:

  • enigma basically is the app running on linux.
    the image contains enigma, linux, device drivers

    So basically Enigma2 is to a Dreambox what Ubuntu is to a PC?


    The "3.2.3" is the version number of the image binary? This refers to the the NFI file "release-dm500hd-3.2.3.nfi"?


    http://dreamboxupdate.com/open…release-dm500hd-3.2.3.nfo


    "Enigma2: Release 3.2.3
    Machine: Dreambox dm500hd
    Date: 20120707
    Issuer: Dream Multimedia"


    OK, so the 3.2.3 binary was released 2012-07-07? So then what is "Enigma2: 2012-11-03-3.2" referring to? This Enigma2 was built in december 2012, then they went back in time, and released the binary in July... ? :winking_face_with_tongue:


    Is there a version history of Enigma2 somewhere? :neutral_face:

  • How does Open Embedded (OE) fit into all of this? Is this something like the build system for Enigma2? (Answered in another thread.)


    I am told in another thread that my Dreambox currently has OE 1.6 and that I should get the latest OE 2.0 based binary from the link below.


    http://dreamboxupdate.com/opendreambox/2.0.0/images/dm500hd/


    What kind of Enigma2 will I be getting then? For example if I take "dreambox-image-dm500hd-20170216.nfi"?


    http://dreamboxupdate.com/open…mage-dm500hd-20170216.nfo


    Date: 2017-02-16 00:36
    Enigma2: 3.999git20160616-r10.0
    Distro: opendreambox 2.0.0
    Machine: Dreambox dm500hd
    Link: http://dreamboxupdate.com/opendreambox/2.0.3/ipk
    MD5: 3f5c2aa9096d4ddda8bc3c1dac656ac0
    SHA256: 75ad3b858044fc96772de05ebc3862801e361a30f6721b5ec6438d9dbe46926d


    Who is the issuer here? And why does it say "Distro: opendreambox 2.0.0"? Distro? Is the name of the distribution not Enigma2 anymore? Isn't that the name of the OS? :astonished_face:


    I almost understand all this... :face_with_open_mouth:

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  • Seriously don't ask just flash it. I'll not answer any further questions as this is just useless waste of time.

    Sorry for asking all these dumb questions. :frowning_face:


    See it on the bright side, I helped you reach 3000 posts! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: