Forum: Applications
2010-07-26, 22:29
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Replies: 92
Views: 32,667
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Forum: Applications
2010-06-02, 08:57
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Replies: 38
Views: 13,543
Re: Speedometer from ovi doesnt work (right)
He said an OVI app was poor, not that they all were. And it's not a surprise - OVI doesn't have the sort of public review and testing mechanism that maemo-extras has. There's no bug tracker, no...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2010-05-25, 23:38
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,502
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Forum: Off Topic
2010-04-06, 16:15
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Replies: 7,222
Views: 1,661,538
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2010-04-06, 15:55
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,222
Re: Supreme password for X terminal
To get root type 'sudo gainroot'. The documents directory has a different name, and if you can't find it using the standard commandline tools you should give serious consideration to whether you...
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Forum: Applications
2010-03-11, 14:10
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Replies: 176
Views: 64,870
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Forum: Applications
2010-03-10, 13:28
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Replies: 176
Views: 64,870
Re: Joiku for n900 available :)
Firstly, what did you expect on an open computing device? It being technically possible to copy software is completely normal. The system works because people pay up anyway.
Secondly, since you've...
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Forum: General
2010-03-09, 18:25
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,324
Re: Free updates
The incremental updates are free of charge in the same way that Windows updates are. There is no information on whether major version updates (equivalent to XP->Vista->Windows 7) will be released for...
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Forum: Community
2010-03-09, 14:08
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Replies: 96
Views: 20,226
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Forum: Community
2010-03-09, 08:54
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Replies: 96
Views: 20,226
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Forum: Community
2010-03-05, 00:14
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Replies: 301
Views: 103,068
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD
I know it's generally bad form to post 'Me too' comments, but I'm going to do it anyway; I think we've still got a way to go on getting Nokia to take a more open attitude, but it's really good to...
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Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan
2010-03-04, 14:04
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Replies: 47
Views: 18,872
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Forum: Off Topic
2010-03-03, 17:43
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Replies: 428
Views: 51,939
Re: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified
The trouble with arguing based on what 'most people' think is that an awful lot of people are completely fine with the idea of 'pirating' software, which is why it happens so much and so casually.
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Forum: Off Topic
2010-03-03, 17:26
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Replies: 428
Views: 51,939
Re: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified
It's not about the price per se, but a consequence of respecting the freedom of your users. You may or may not believe that people have a right to study, modify and share software, but some people...
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Forum: Off Topic
2010-03-03, 16:41
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Replies: 428
Views: 51,939
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Forum: Off Topic
2010-03-03, 11:34
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Replies: 428
Views: 51,939
Re: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified
If you're looking for a purely ethical view rather than a legal one, then an alternative to consider is the four freedoms espoused by the FSF (and others). If you accept that ethically a user of...
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Forum: Off Topic
2010-03-02, 21:24
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Replies: 428
Views: 51,939
Re: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified
The whole 'is it stealing' thing is a huge red herring for this discussion - the law is remarkably clear on this, and remarkably consistent across much of the world. Copyright infringement is not the...
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Forum: Community
2010-03-02, 21:03
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Replies: 301
Views: 103,068
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD
It could, which is why I'm suggesting having someone like the council filter it down to a basic list of things we really need to know, rather than declaring open season.
It's a compromise, and...
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Forum: Community
2010-03-02, 18:02
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Replies: 301
Views: 103,068
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD
I think what I would like to see come out of this discussion is for some representative(s) of the community (e.g. the Council) to compile a list of hot-topic questions, and for someone from Nokia...
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Forum: Community
2010-03-02, 00:39
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Replies: 301
Views: 103,068
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD
MeeGo is supposed to run on phones, netbooks, cars and TVs, amongst other things. I think a high level of hardware abstraction is pretty much a given.
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Forum: Community
2010-03-02, 00:27
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Replies: 301
Views: 103,068
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD
To be honest, as far as the 'FUD' question goes, it doesn't matter whether Harmattan is going to be available on the N900. What matters is that we know what the plans are either way. Until we do,...
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Forum: Community
2010-03-01, 23:30
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Replies: 301
Views: 103,068
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD
Harmattan. Not yet, obviously, but when it's out I see no reason that it shouldn't be supported on the N900 in the same way that the latest iPhone OS releases are available on all the existing iPhone...
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Forum: Community
2010-03-01, 22:41
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Replies: 301
Views: 103,068
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD
Well, since you ask, how about just one, Apple's announcement of the iPhone OS 3.0 update:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/03/17iphone.html
A few select quotes:
So, never mind a...
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Forum: Community
2010-03-01, 22:24
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Replies: 301
Views: 103,068
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD
The iPhone is something of a special case though, and everyone else's failure to beat Apple at that game proves it. If Nokia and others are going to compete against Apple in the...
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Forum: Community
2010-03-01, 21:59
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Replies: 301
Views: 103,068
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD
I think you're wrong. Take the example of Intel's approach to graphics card drivers, for example. As a rule, by the time a new chipset hits retail they have free drivers already published, already...
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