Re: Is Maemo.org The N900's Real Competition?
 

Nobody ever wrote this in this thread.
Please reread from the beginning. Thanks.

Re: Is Maemo.org The N900's Real Competition?
 

Welcome to the forum!
It's about DrNokSnes here, not about Snesoid. Different app. :-)

Re: Is Maemo.org The N900's Real Competition?
 

Lets be clear here

a) I have the nes emulator thanks to the droid forums

b) Said emulator was used merely as an exapmle

It's hilarious how you guys focus on that aspect when I clearly mentioned others. Why does no one comment on the boot scree question.

or the countless other threads where users (and I myself have exchanged emails with other users who feel EXACTLY the same as myself.

But no your responses

End users shouldn't have the phone
We are open source but not for the ordinary user
F*** S*** A*** B***

^Are just the funniest to me^

Re: Is Maemo.org The N900's Real Competition?
 

Wait til he finds out about the other secret mode.

...you all know what I'm talkin about ;)

Re: Is Maemo.org The N900's Real Competition?
 

Actually my remark was intended to say that if you can't get along on one of the most welcoming technical forums on the internet, than you're going to have problems...

I bet you really want to show your friends how you can play whatever it is your looking for on your cool new phone... BTW, I have no such desire but just by following the recent threads in the past couple of days I know how to do it and where to get the software required. You would have to if you had just paid attention. In the end I'm sure you think it is just easier to post a thread and have a nerdy geek prove you wrong and show the way, step by step.

In my experience here, that's pro'ly not gonna happen but best of luck anyway. :)

Re: Is Maemo.org The N900's Real Competition?
 

I don't think myself as HC-user or anything like that. But even then by reading these forums and wiki it was quite easy to figure out how to unlock extras and how to be careful with those.

Edit:
I meant when he said in OP that:
"But that aside gave me the step by step guide on how to install an emulator called snesoid and some roms."

But yeah he kinda answered that already by saying that the emulator in OP was just example

Re: Is Maemo.org The N900's Real Competition?
 

Do you mean how we can get free m... Oh!
I better shut up. I just recently passed the initiation. I don't want to get kicked out and have to go through that again. :eek:

Re: Is Maemo.org The N900's Real Competition?
 

I won't really comment on the emulator "stuff" cause I'm an advanced and haven't installed emulators since late 90's so I wouldn't even know how. but I will say that there is an overall negative and/or condesending tone to people who either have complaints about the phone or those who are having trouble figuring out certain features.

In almost every thread where someone is referencing things they don't like about the phone at least one or two people come in and say "go buy an iPhone". That's just not the way to treat people and it comes off as beig very pompus and condesending.

Everyone should try being more helpful instead of insulting. This type of attitude is not going to get this platform anywhere. Just my .02.

Re: Is Maemo.org The N900's Real Competition?
 

No, not m. w. ;)

Re: Is Maemo.org The N900's Real Competition?
 

No. What he is saying is that end users, people with little knowledge of Linux should not do things that can render their device unusable.

Software, applications, go through different stages of maturity. At early stages (also called "alpha") the applications can very well turn your device into a brick, because at that point, they are little more than technology demostrators.

After some iterations, the most dangerous bugs are fixed, and an application reaches a "beta" stage. In this stage, there may be some bugs, but at most they are annoying and will not brick your device.

After some more iterations, an app is considered stable and is released to the public.

Applications in alpha stages, due to the complexity of their code (and an emulator, or boot screen changer, are complex) tend to have difficult instalations steps and are unstable, leading to unforeseen consequences. That kind of applications are in special repositories, for example, extras-devel, and extra steps are taken to avoid users, that do not have the necessary advanced knowledge to handle them, to install them and brick their devices.

Applications in late beta stages and in release stages are in Extras, and ready to be downloaded and used without major hassle.

Let me finish with an analogy: let´s say the N900 is an airplane, and you are the pilot. You are free to fly the plane any want you want; but unless you have major programing skills (and even then!); you shouldn't try to re-program the navigation software by yourself, unless you want to crash the plane.

I hope the point is clear.