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2008-10-14
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Originally Posted by Rassilon7
Good question; one way to find out...
That is my question.
I like the idea of using "Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!" but will it give me any notable improvements?
I already use Gnumeric and Abiword but it would be cool to use Iceweasle too.
The apps that I most use are:
Clawsmail
Abiword
Gnumeric
Default web browser
Maemo mapper
Feed circuit
Xournal
So I guess what I'm asking is would I gain anything by switching? I know that I can run them both but would I get more than I lost in space.
I'd install it and try; it's not hard now, so you're not losing that much time if you decide it's a waste of space.
If there was a great Debian contacts, calender, Apple integration and Samba program then I would jump at it.
What programs are available?
Should I move to an external card for booting?
I'm not sure which device you have; if it's the N810, then an external card would probably get you a speed pickup as well as more room than the 2GB internal. If it's an N800, I find it more convenient to boot of the internal card, and be able to swap the more easily accessible external card with my camera or laptop...
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2008-10-14
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Thanks very much, I will try it out!
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2008-10-14
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#4
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Benson - which desktop environment (KDE or Gnome) would you recommend for a deb on an n810?
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N810, iGo bt kb, Diablo, 10Gb storage onboard instead of a Thinkpad
OTG w/ unlimited storage!!
Put a penguin in your pocket!!
PLEASE use the Wiki
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2008-10-14
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Originally Posted by gemniii42
AAAAaaaaagghhhhh!!!! NNNNOOOOooooo!!!
Benson - which desktop environment (KDE or Gnome) would you recommend for a deb on an n810?
Gnome would be my pick if I had to, but definitely neither. (They're both bloated disgusting things.) Assuming you're talking chroot, you can just use hildon for most things, and for the things that really need a WM, it comes with lxde, which I actually haven't tried yet, but is apparently somewhat lighter than either of them...
I'm currently (happily) using a Maemo port of FVWM2, but it's not for everyone. I'd stay with lxde, unless you find it repugnant. Enlightenment might also be a good pick.
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2008-10-14
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LXDE is like Gnome's tiny sister. She looks a lot like Gnome (all the Gnome themes work; I use Ubuntu's "human" theme, personally) but she actually runs at a usable speed on the tablet. Gnome can run on the tablet, but it is more of a "hey look what I can do" kind of thing; not hugely useful with our limited resources.
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2008-10-14
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I have an earlier version installed on my N800, how do I update to the latest?
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2008-10-14
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- Uninstall the current version
- Reboot
- Delete your big image file (debian.img.ext2)
- Install the new version
- Download the new image file with the image installer
- Reboot
- You're good to go!
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2008-10-14
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Thanks, will give it a go.
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2008-10-14
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Window Maker is at least as light as LXDE and is available from the Penguinbait site, but it doesn't seem popular here for some reason.
I like the idea of using "Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!" but will it give me any notable improvements?
I already use Gnumeric and Abiword but it would be cool to use Iceweasle too.
The apps that I most use are:
Clawsmail
Abiword
Gnumeric
Default web browser
Maemo mapper
Feed circuit
Xournal
So I guess what I'm asking is would I gain anything by switching? I know that I can run them both but would I get more than I lost in space.
If there was a great Debian contacts, calender, Apple integration and Samba program then I would jump at it.
What programs are available?
Should I move to an external card for booting?
Thanks in advance
Steve