On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 16:38 -0400, ext Mike Lococo wrote:
You mention several repositories that don't belong to us [Nokia]. We don't
respond of them. We can't and won't stop developers from creating their
own repositories.
Maybe someone can monitor intersting and widely used packages
2007/7/20, Tomas Junnonen [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
- Integrate it with the garage project page! When creating a release and
uploading files to the project, there should be a checkbox on the
release page for automagically pushing the packages to the repository.
If there's any additional hoops to jump
ext Ed Bartosh wrote:
The problem is that the repos are frustrating to access and use, so folks
are throwing up their own instead.
This one I don't understand at all, sorry. What frustration are you
talking about? For those developers who has garage accounts it's just
matter of sending
Tomas Junnonen wrote:
I think at least partially it's because there's no carrot being offered
to the developers. If the Extras repository was included in the
Application Manager by default, although disabled (as Multiverse is in
Ubuntu, you can show a disclaimer when enabling it), people would
Just a quickie while I'm writing a longer response:
- maemo unstable repository. Let's talk about this, but it is a
discussion that needs to be done with the developers and at a
development level. The value of the distro relies on the use upstream
and other third party developers would make of
ext Larry Battraw [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As an aside, has anyone had their Application manager break after
trying to to install RTCom? I managed to get RTCom installed manually
via apt-get/dpkg but now whenever I run the Application manager the
window will appear almost instantly,
On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 12:08 +0300, ext Tomas Junnonen wrote:
ext Ed Bartosh wrote:
The problem is that the repos are frustrating to access and use, so folks
are throwing up their own instead.
This one I don't understand at all, sorry. What frustration are you
talking about? For those
ext Tomas Junnonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think at least partially it's because there's no carrot being offered
to the developers. If the Extras repository was included in the
Application Manager by default, although disabled (as Multiverse is in
Ubuntu, you can show a disclaimer when
Do you have a GoogleTalk or other account also setup? Try disabling
that. I found that if 1 account was connected the icon might still
show solid green, even though the other account is having trouble.
I've now removed my GoogleTalk account: my SIP account is the only
one on the N800 but I
On 7/20/07, Marius Vollmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ext Larry Battraw [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As an aside, has anyone had their Application manager break after
trying to to install RTCom? I managed to get RTCom installed manually
via apt-get/dpkg but now whenever I run the Application
Hello,
On 7/20/07, Tomas Junnonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ed Bartosh wrote:
I'd look at it from community point of view. If we want to have one more
line in /etc/sources.list or in some other configuration file why we
should wait for Nokia to do that? Is it so hard to make some package
Ed Bartosh wrote:
I think at least partially it's because there's no carrot being offered
to the developers. If the Extras repository was included in the
Application Manager by default, although disabled (as Multiverse is in
Ubuntu, you can show a disclaimer when enabling it), people would be
On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 15:12 +0300, Tomas Junnonen wrote:
Ed Bartosh wrote:
I think at least partially it's because there's no carrot being offered
to the developers. If the Extras repository was included in the
Application Manager by default, although disabled (as Multiverse is in
Ubuntu,
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 03:12:47PM +0300, Tomas Junnonen wrote:
Defaults matter. By enabling extras through an install file on garage
you're limiting yourself to the hardcore crowd who knows to visit garage
in the first place.
True, but we don't need to wait until the next OS/Firmware refresh
On 7/20/07, Theodore Tso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why is it
that 12-year-old Palm technology still better than anything Nokia can
put out over a decade later?
And if the Palm Foleo has better PDA applications, it might seriouslly
threaten the N800; after all, it has built-in keyboard and is
On 7/20/07, andrei raevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I personally have no use whatsoever for PDA applications and I am quite
happy that Nokia did not even try to go down that road. They created a
fantastic piece of hardware and a rather good OS to run it. Then they
added some applications
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 04:03:33PM +0100, Andrew Flegg wrote:
The community *has* tried to do calendar and contacts applications;
off the top of my head:
* GPE Suite's (calendar, contacts, todo)
* Opened Hand's Dates and Contacts
* Winzig
* DejaPim
...and probably a few others. But
andrei raevsky wrote:
I personally have no use whatsoever for PDA applications and I am
quite happy that Nokia did not even try to go down that road. They
created a fantastic piece of hardware and a rather good OS to run it.
Then they added some applications and the rest is up to us, the
On 7/20/07, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
andrei raevsky wrote:
I personally have no use whatsoever for PDA applications and I am
quite happy that Nokia did not even try to go down that road. They
created a fantastic piece of hardware and a rather good OS to run it.
Then they
On 7/20/07, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My point is that since it is almost a general purpose computer, people
should be able to do what ever they want with it, including PDA
function.
I don't think Nokia ever claimed that the N770/N800 were general purpose
computers. It just
On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 18:29 -0400, James Knott wrote:
Paul Klapperich wrote:
Another problem I've encountered, is with remote X apps. On my desktop
linux systems, I can remotely run apps, via ssh and X. While I can
start and display those apps on my N800, I can't use the keyboard or
hand
On Friday 20 July 2007 07:45:16 andrei raevsky wrote:
On 7/20/07, Theodore Tso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why is it
that 12-year-old Palm technology still better than anything Nokia can
put out over a decade later?
And if the Palm Foleo has better PDA applications, it might seriouslly
David Hagood wrote:
On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 18:29 -0400, James Knott wrote:
Paul Klapperich wrote:
Another problem I've encountered, is with remote X apps. On my desktop
linux systems, I can remotely run apps, via ssh and X. While I can
start and display those apps on my N800, I can't use
On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 21:20 -0400, James Knott wrote:
When I use a remote app on my desktop system, the keyboard and mouse
work with that application.
As they do with the N800. Hook a Bluetooth keyboard up, and it works
just like you said.
You might try actually READING what I posted.
James Knott wrote:
My point is that since it is almost a general purpose computer, people
should be able to do what ever they want with it, including PDA
function. That said, I find some of the apps are not quite there yet,
as far as product quality and usability go. For example, while there
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