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Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing

Can anyone make a tutorial for dummies, because I don't have a clue how to install it (I have already downloaded the 2Gb file)?

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing

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Originally Posted by Heman1310 (Post 481794)

Can anyone make a tutorial for dummies

no tutorial needed - after installing easy-deb-chroot, you have a menuentry called "debian image in(staller)", which does all the work for you.

a bit more info: http://wiki.maemo.org/Easy_Debian

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing

I can confirm as well. I d/l'd Easy Debian maybe 2-3 weeks ago. Did the upgrade to 51-1. Just loaded open office writer and was typing by a count of 34 one thousand. Very fast relatively.

I didn't do any apt-upgrades or anything, just the "stock" image file.

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Quoting from another thread:

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Originally Posted by qole (Post 464687)

Hibernica:

1) Don't update the image. It isn't meant to be updated. There are many problems with trying to update the image, one the worst of which is the fact that OpenOffice no longer runs. Many of the problems are the fault of the Debian armel Sid distribution, which seems to be in a particularly bad state right now.

Ahhhh! I wish I would have known that before. Is there a good set of current and official docs for Easy Debian explaining this type of things? If not, then that should be a priority, especially if Easy Debian is ever going to reach the Extras repo.

One thing I would like to see is a choice of images to use, each of them customized a little different. For example, we could have different size images, ones with KDE and Qt libs already installed, etc. I would personally love to see an image with lyx already installed. ;)

But, thanks for the most jaw dropping experience on my N900 so far.

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Originally Posted by rm42 (Post 482315)

Is there a good set of current and official docs for Easy Debian explaining this type of things? If not, then that should be a priority, especially if Easy Debian is ever going to reach the Extras repo.

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Originally Posted by rm42 (Post 482315)

One thing I would like to see is a choice of images to use, each of them customized a little different. For example, we could have different size images, ones with KDE and Qt libs already installed, etc. I would personally love to see an image with lyx already installed. ;)

That would be great, too. You could start with a bare Debian rootfs and add "suites" of apps. Then tar up the rootfs and I'll let you upload it to my server for others to use. I could probably even add contributed images to my installer.

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Originally Posted by rm42 (Post 482315)

But, thanks for the most jaw dropping experience on my N900 so far.

You're welcome. Feel free to contribute in any way!

EDIT: And as for the warning against updating the image -- that's a fairly new warning. Something has broken badly in OpenOffice for ARM and we'd love them to fix it...

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Originally Posted by debernardis (Post 481375)

Qole, after dcarter's post above, it's likely that the magics is in 51-1. The other thing I've done is sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade on the debian distro (which btw gave me errors about a conflict between lxsession and lxsession-lite).

Try by yourself... :) Might be that one of your several N900 devices deserves a reflashing :) ;)

I only have one device (the other has found an excellent home elsewhere) and I noticed no speed improvement in OpenOffice after 51-1. I will have to do some more research...

Also, yes, LXDE is quite updated now. It uses wicd for network connectivity, which doesn't work due to the usual GConf errors.

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Originally Posted by qole (Post 482447)

That would be great. It would be fantastic if someone could go through the Easy Debian threads and distill the best bits into the dusty, crufty, crappy old wiki page.

There are a lot of people quietly using Easy Debian. This would be a great way to contribute to the project.

That would be great, too. You could start with a bare Debian rootfs and add "suites" of apps. Then tar up the rootfs and I'll let you upload it to my server for others to use. I could probably even add contributed images to my installer.

You're welcome. Feel free to contribute in any way!

EDIT: And as for the warning against updating the image -- that's a fairly new warning. Something has broken badly in OpenOffice for ARM and we'd love them to fix it...

I made some updates to the wiki. Hopefully it is less confusing. I didn't go through the FAQ section. Have to run.

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I added a warning in the Wiki about doing an update/upgrade.

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If that is still an issue, for the keyboard layout: just put "@setxkbmap de" in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart in your debian chroot for the german layout...

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing

Hi I am downloading debian-m5-v2.img.ext2.bz2 from http://qole.org/files/ because I don't have an internet connection on my n900, my question is how do I install it on my n900, through app manager or do I have to use commands in xterminal ?