I’ve been on a quest, a quest to determine what might be the best smartphone for Linux users. I was disappointed by what I discovered and ended up with the shameful and ironic view that in terms of functionality, the best option is to go for a phone running Windows Mobile. Since then, I’ve looked …
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Sep 17 2009
The best smart phone for Linux users … runs Windows Mobile?
[Ref 1 Ref 2] Something was pointed out to me since I posted this morning on the subject that I think is deeply ironic. Apparently, the SynCE framework works incredibly well, allowing Windows Mobile smart phones to be synchronised with Evolution – and other desktop applications. So, if running Windows isn’t a problem for you, …
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Sep 17 2009
The “best” smartphone for Linux users
[Ref] I set the challenge: What is the best smart phone for Linux users? and annoyingly, the answer seems to be: NONE To sum up more fully. It seems I was right, there’s nothing that anyone could recommend that would achieve even the bare minimum of what I set as a requirement – synchronising with …
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Sep 09 2009
What’s the best smartphone for Linux users?
This is a serious request for people who read this either directly or via Planet SUSE or another syndication channel. In a few weeks, hopefully I’ll be able to post a follow-up containing what I hear back from you good people, so, get in touch!. I currently use a Nokia N95 and regular readers will …
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Sep 01 2009
Where to get the latest Gwibber packages on openSUSE
Long, long ago, on a blog far, far away … Andy posted about how to go about getting what was then the latest version of Gwibber on openSUSE. A lot’s changed since then so here’s the skinny on how to get either the latest stable or bleeding-edge Gwibber: openSUSE 11.1 If you’re after the latest …
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Jul 31 2009
Summer of Code: Sync with Mobile Devices?
One of the openSUSE projects for this year’s Google Summer of Code was Sync with Mobile Devices. Does anyone reading this know what the status of this is? Are there any packages available for testing as it progresses? At the end of the summer, will I be any more likely to be able to sync …
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Jul 30 2009
Faster, Kernel, Faster!
As a result of Novell bug #525814, I’m now using the kernel from Factory. I just resumed my Asus Aspire One from hibernation and decided to time it with the new kernel. From pressing the power button to having the GNOME Screensaver password prompt took 59 seconds! The first ten seconds were the One doing …
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Jul 27 2009
Cool new Gwibber hack
Mario blogs about his work on Gwibber during the openSUSE hack week adding some cool new functionality. This is very cool and I hope to get this work included in the openSUSE Contrib (although someone with more karma than me suggested I get it into Factory) packages of Gwibber. Mario, you’ll read this on Planet …
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Jul 25 2009
PDF Mod
Gabriel, at 2009 lines of code, do you plan to develop at a rate of one line per year from here on in? I’m going to give it a whirl and muck about with some PDFs – because I can!
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Jul 22 2009
Supporting Linux generated M3Us on the Cowon S9.
[Previous posts on this subject] Had a response back from Cowon basically thanking me for the infomation and guide on how to resolve it and that it had been passed on to the relevant developers. If it gets included in a future firmware version, the announcement will say so. Lets hope it happens. Track my …
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