Re: Thumbs up or down for new OS2008 for N800
 

Too much 'black magic'. I got halfway with one of the tutorials and some commands wouldn't run, and I chickened out.

When someone comes up with an idiot-proof, step-by-step guide that my mother could use to dual-boot my N800, I'll jump. In the meantime, I'm not going to complain about a couple of extra seconds of boot time, or not having enough space to install a million apps. The 'fat' apps menu is discouraging me from installing too many apps anyway.

Re: Thumbs up or down for new OS2008 for N800
 

@Karel : I do see your point about 800x600 movies not playing back, btw.

I just downloaded a rip of the latest episode of Bleach (Episode 156) and it would not play properly on Mplayer until I re-encoded it.

Would be nice if the tablet would play this back properly, but it's just encoding and I set up my encoding queue and output to my N800 every night before bed anyway.

Re: Thumbs up or down for new OS2008 for N800
 

Laughingstok,

Can you do me and the rest on this thread a favor and detail how you got vpnc client and
kde working on your n800. Just give a detailed step by step instructions and provide your sources.
Just follow the way I did it USB Host and Dual Boot. Thanks, Dan

Re: Thumbs up or down for new OS2008 for N800
 

Such are the woes of an undersized LCD-controller bus. The goods news is that Nokia would be hard-pressed to screw it up with the N900. 720p should look rather nice downscaled for 800x480. :cool:

An on-demand transcoding solution like mediautils is an excellent way to avoid hassle. It's even better if you've got a decent internet connection at home (1.5Mbps is recommended for best-quality playback), or a server somewhere with lots of CPU time available, as then you can access your complete collection all perfectly targeted for the tablet from anywhere with an internet connection. :D

Re: Thumbs up or down for new OS2008 for N800
 

True, but that's where re-encoding works for me. Smaller files (170MB vs 100MB), I'm happy with video and sound quality, and I have a whole bunch of content that I can share with other iT owners who are not savvy enough to re-encode their own stuff and find that 'normal' downloads don't playback well on their iTs

Does that makes sense?

Anyway, I'll give mediautils a try tonight. Might have an idea working for me, assuming I don't screw up and have the RIAA or MPAA knocking on my door tomorrow morning.

Re: Thumbs up or down for new OS2008 for N800
 

I just installed the vpnc gui from the repository on the nokia (it automatically pulled the client) then ftp'd over my works .pcf file. Loaded the .pcf file into vpnc gui and connected to my work VPN. Cake.

KDE was installed by following the destructions in the big KDE thread on here. I just got off the phone with my job after being called about an LDAP issue on our AIX boxes and did all the work with the Nokia! Has quite literally changed my life. :D :D

Re: Thumbs up or down for new OS2008 for N800
 

Thanks Laughingstok.

General are you privy to some N900 features?? :)
I personally would like Nokia to put an Oled screen with 1080i. I've seen a Sony Prototype
that was beyond amazing. I've heard Samsung made a similar screen. Let's keep our fingers
crossed. I still can't over what i've gotten for about $250.

My next project is adding kde, but
i've heard it messes up the browser fonts among other things.
Can't wait for 32gb cards. Any new app's that break new ground?
I've heard you can turn n800 into remote controler for home stereo and theater. Also some
one is controlling their car remotely.

Re: Thumbs up or down for new OS2008 for N800
 

More detail here, please.

What apps? Interfered how? Shutdown the apps or uninstall?
I'd like to clone a fully configured system,
but I'll clone it freshly flashed if that's what it takes.

Re: Thumbs up or down for new OS2008 for N800
 

My fonts are gone, but I've since grown accustomed to it. It doesnt bug me either way as I use it as a tool, not to show it off. (Only real tech savvy people find it amazing anyways, everyone else is like "What's KDE and VPN?"

They think it's awesome that it plays movies but could care less about its REAL abilities. So I don't even bother showing it off unless someone asks. Then they just get a glazed look so I end up saying, "It does 4000 times what an iPhone can do, and lets me live in peace with my job. For half the price."

But again, it is a tool. The flashy crap doesn't matter to me as long as I can connect through VPN and SSH/telnet. The rdesktop/VNC is a big plus too. :D

I don't need my Wrangler to have chrome on it anymore than my tablet needs a fancy touch screen keyboard if you catch my drift. ;)

Re: Thumbs up or down for new OS2008 for N800
 

There's a new fix for the fonts problem.