On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:33 AM, Joshua Layne wrote: > Paul M wrote: >> On 30/12/2007, Walt Scrivens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> of the forum posts about the hacks and tricks some N800 users have >>> gone through to get root and install kismet, nmap, etc., I just >>> assumed that it would be easier to do with Angstrom. I honestly did >>> not know that both were Debian-based, and simply assumed that the >>> Nokia implementation would be "locked down" so that you couldn't do >>> much more than web surfing with it. >>> >> >> just go "red pill" mode, then you can become root, add repositories, >> install bash, kismet, xterm, etc etc... it's pretty trivial. >> _________________________ >> > Yeah, for an advanced user it is trivial, but you still have to drop > to > a root shell and run apt-get instead of using the provided package > manager (which I find to be a piece of garbage, quite honestly). > > The issue with the package manager is that they don't allow package > 'mixing' between repos anymore, although I think another issue with > maemo is the sheer number of repos - instead of contributing to a > central repo, everyone has their own - kind of inevitably leads to > package conflicts IM (not-so-educated) O. > > Rgds, > josh
Actually, I gave up on the GUI package manager(s) on the Zaurus years ago. I find that I spend 80% of my time in a root shell as it is, whether installing stuff or running thinks like kismet and nmap. The main thing for me is the data, not how pretty the presentation is, although that is a good addition in terms of usability. wellenreiter, for example, remains my favorite network sniffing tool, but it hasn't been updated in some time, so I fall back on kismet. (No offense meant, Mickey - I know how busy you've been.) My original concern - the reason I asked about Angstrom in the first place - was that I had deduced from the posts I read, that getting to a root shell on the N800 with the installed OS was a big deal. Evidently not, and thank you all for helping. I hope to get the N800 later this week and am looking forward to learning all about it :-) Walt _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
