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2009-04-01
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Well, lxlauncher is both a launcher and a GUI. It is a finger-friendly menu of applications (big icons) that replaces the desktop to a large extent. (see the link that born2wonder posted, it has a screenshot.)
I didn't like it, but some people might.
EDIT: Here's the screenshot
I didn't like it, but some people might.
EDIT: Here's the screenshot
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2009-04-01
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Originally Posted by qole
... it's a GUI? It replaces all of the widgets in apps (such as firefox and pidgin) with finger friendly ones? It provides a full API/ABI from which other applications can build their finger friendliness? And it provides a style guide and behavior definitions to guide developers in doing so?
Well, lxlauncher is both a launcher and a GUI. It is a finger-friendly menu of applications (big icons) that replaces the desktop to a large extent.
(a single program isn't a GUI, it's a component of the GUI ... the GUI is everything from the core apps and infrastructure services (some of which aren't even visible to the user) to the core GUI programming libraries and GUI building mechanism, to the GUI guidelines, behavior definitions, and style guide to which developers are expected to adhere)
So, really, it's a GUI?
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2009-04-01
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johnkzin: thanks so much for your clarification. We're all a little wiser now. 
I still say it is a Graphical User Interface. It is graphical, and it allows the user to interface with the computer...
I still say it is a Graphical User Interface. It is graphical, and it allows the user to interface with the computer...
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2009-04-03
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#175
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Frontend; piece of the puzzle. Much like personal menu. Consider lxlauncher with a finger-friendly application in its list. You wouldn't have to use stylus. Without lxlauncher starting up your finger-friendly application would require a stylus.
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2009-04-03
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#176
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Afaik, installing Ubuntu etc. on the Nokia N810 is still not quite a one-click experience. Will Mer "just work"?
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2009-04-05
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I would also like to know if there is a user-friendly way to install Ubuntu in the n800.
Thanks.
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2009-04-10
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anidel, ernia and others: To fix your boot problem install the new bootmenu:
Now comment out these lines in /etc/init.d/nit-boot-basics to fix the boot halting early on:
(I don't understand this check - /var/run is a softlink, so it will always report "incompatible bootmenu" and reboot.)
Now I have the same problem as alexey - after fixing the bootmenu and /var/run softlink problems, booting proceeds for a while then halts close to the end.
b-man: re "mv /lib/init/splash-functions{,.old}" - after doing this there is no more logging (screen shows "starting /sbin/init...") - I think what alexey was after was a way to see the logging on the tablet screen. Is there any way to do this? If not I guess some usbnet cable is the only way to see the boot log and debug this further?
Code:
wget http://packages.tspre.org/pool/user/b/bootmenu/bootmenu_1.5-2_armel.deb
dpkg -i bootmenu_1.5-2_armel.deb
cat > /etc/bootmenu.d/ubuntu.item << EOF
ITEM_NAME="Ubuntu on External MMC card p1"
ITEM_ID="ubuntu"
ITEM_DEVICE="${EXT_CARD}p1"
ITEM_MODULES="mbcache jbd ext3"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext3"
ITEM_FSOPTIONS="noatime,ro"
ITEM_LINUXRC="linuxrc"
EOF
install_bootmenu
Code:
# if [ -L /var/run ]; then
# WARNING: This install has been corrupted!
# /sbin/fb-progress -b 000000 -p ff0000 -c -l /usr/share/nit-bootmenu-compat/incompatible-bootmenu.jpg -i 100 -o 100
# sleep 15
# reboot -f
# fi
Now I have the same problem as alexey - after fixing the bootmenu and /var/run softlink problems, booting proceeds for a while then halts close to the end.
b-man: re "mv /lib/init/splash-functions{,.old}" - after doing this there is no more logging (screen shows "starting /sbin/init...") - I think what alexey was after was a way to see the logging on the tablet screen. Is there any way to do this? If not I guess some usbnet cable is the only way to see the boot log and debug this further?
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2009-04-28
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#179
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Off topic I know, but I was wondering what's the CPU/swap etc. monitor that is displayed as circles that's in the screenshots, thanks.
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2009-05-04
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Excellent guide, I will really enjoy having more control over my N800, which loading a -bunutu version allows.
In going through the guide though I found two omissions and a mix-up:
Should have the words "sorrces.lst" and "sorces.lst" be corrected to "sources.list" (and the word "fetch" has no 'a' in it)
Then after this step, about 3 after the sources change, wget should be installed before it is called for in the step:
So it would be good for completeness to add:
Finally the local fix done at the start of the second post seems incomplete, LC_MESSAGES and LANG should also be set to C to stop complaints when installing.
My system also though has two issues with the install still. The touch screen / mouse seem to always stay "pressed" so when using the software keyboard then I must rapidly touch a key then touch elsewhere, otherwise the key will stay "pressed" and give a stream of that letter (or backspace, whipping out a carefully typed command). Also the mouse is thus constantly left clicking as it thinks that it is being held down.
Secondly, my wireless is not working in the install, but I have not had much of an opportunity to try working out this issue, as the interface is a major hindrance and frustration with this mouse glitch.
Thanks for getting this guide worked out! I would be happy to convert it to a wiki page if you would give permission for that.
In going through the guide though I found two omissions and a mix-up:
Then, we will need to update our /etc/apt/sorrces.lst to featch packages properly for our base system, you can do this by editing your /etc/apt/sorces.lst to look like this:
Then after this step, about 3 after the sources change, wget should be installed before it is called for in the step:
Next, we need to add the deblet repo key so our system can properly update it's application list. type the following in a terminal;
Code:wget http://packages.tspre.org/repo.key apt-key add repo.key
Code:
apt-get install wget
My system also though has two issues with the install still. The touch screen / mouse seem to always stay "pressed" so when using the software keyboard then I must rapidly touch a key then touch elsewhere, otherwise the key will stay "pressed" and give a stream of that letter (or backspace, whipping out a carefully typed command). Also the mouse is thus constantly left clicking as it thinks that it is being held down.
Secondly, my wireless is not working in the install, but I have not had much of an opportunity to try working out this issue, as the interface is a major hindrance and frustration with this mouse glitch.
Thanks for getting this guide worked out! I would be happy to convert it to a wiki page if you would give permission for that.
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