Prerelease: Easy Mer
MAY 2009 UPDATE: Mer 0.13 Replacement desktop experiment underway! Please see this post for more details! This post has Mer 0.13 root filesystems to download:
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MARCH 2009 UPDATE: See this post for the newest image files, and use the instructions below with the new files instead. Quote:
Hey all, I've tweaked the Mer 0.8 rootfs to run well in OS2008, and I posted my notes in my blog. You need the new Easy Debian scripts to play with it. It comes with Midori and I've configured Adobe Flashplayer, You can download the rootfs for a partition or the image file (see above for new files). Once you've downloaded the image file to an SD card (in this example, /media/mmc2), you open a terminal, and enter: Code:
cd /media/mmc2 Code:
IMGFILE=/media/mmc2/mer-jaunty-v2.img.ext2 Code:
sudo debian Code:
debbie <appname> I also would like to know what I should do about the fact that Midori (the fast, Webkit-based browser that comes with Mer 0.8) doesn't do Java (nor does Fennec, it seems). Firefox is really heavy for the tablets, and Prism is really bare bones, so does anyone have a really lightweight browser that will do Java? Maybe Epiphany? Kazehakase? Something else? Here's the screenshot from a few posts below: Screenshot of Mer Midori using Mer Liberty theme in OS2008: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/...f2d8dac5_o.png |
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I just thought of something else; what about LXDE?
Should I set up an Ubuntu-style LXDE desktop for some Ubuntu desktop-on-desktop action? |
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IMGFILE=/media/mmc2/mer-jaunty.img.ext2 As for the image file, it'd be nice if you populate it with the apps that you currently distribute with easy-debian... adding Abiword as well!!! --denis |
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I've found a two-step way to get the mer theme to work in the chroot.
If you want to maintain a consistent theme throughout, then you need to install the same theme in OS2008 and the chroot. So far, this seems to be limited to the Titan theme, since the Liberty theme isn't available for OS2008 and Titan is the only third-party OS2008 themes in the Mer repository at the moment. |
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LXDE is pretty much the same in Ubuntu and Debian. It would be fun to have a different desktop environment for Easy Mer / Ubuntu. I'm curious to see how neatojones' E17 stuff turns out... |
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First off, thanks for the easy debian package, it's a very nice piece of work. I think Midori alone may be good enough for many (haven't personally needed Java support as of yet), and keeping an emptier (or smaller) image file would also be achieved. -CM |
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Hello Qole,
Thank you for your hard work. If you intend to include OpenOffice I think would be better to include ver 3 instead of 2.4. I use your Easy-Debian Turbo and I like to keep it updated. Abt 1 week ago I updated 2.4 to 3 and everything was messed up. I could't start OpenOffice at all. I tried to uninstall and reinstall, but the new packages were only for 3 so again , no luck. So I had to download Easy Debian again and update all packages exept Open Office. So please try to accomodate Open Office 3. Thank you again.:cool: |
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As root, in Ubuntu (replace en_GB with your Maemo locale): Code:
cat /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED | grep en_GB |
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Screenshot of Mer Midori using Mer Liberty theme in OS2008 (using theme instructions above):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/...f2d8dac5_o.png |
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