Greatest Device I have ever owned
 

I recd. my N800 yesterday morning and I have been a kid in a candy store ever since.

I am a fairly competent Ubuntu user and have had Ubuntu as my OS since Breezy. I mention this because only a Linux user can unleash the true powers of this awesome device.

Since getting my hands on the N800, I played around with the pre-installed software and then used the App installer to install a bunch of softwares from the default repositories.

Once I was comfortable with the device I flashed the N800 with the latest firmware.

Since then I have installed the following:

microb-browser, Skype
AisleRiot Solitaire
Soduko
Maemopad+
Camera
Open ssh, BecomeRoot, xterm
Kagu, UKMP and mplayer
12 pt Themes, NuvoBlack
OM Weather, Status Clock, Internet Radio, Simple Lanuncher

and maybe more...

This device beats the iPod Touch hands down!

I had installed Maemo Mapper but failed to understand how it works!

I am sure the way i am going, I'll break some application install soon. Wish me luck!

Re: Greatest Device I have ever owned
 

Welcome on board! :D

Re: Greatest Device I have ever owned
 

suryavanshi , if you installed all this yesterday , where did you get a nuvo black that actually works with the latest firmware?

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http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...7&postcount=14

I followed the above instructions.

Only problem Opera does not work with the above theme. If you have the mozilla based browser, it works!

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im no quite framiliar with how to do it like that , how do i extract the files and put tem where they need to go , xterm? not a total dummy here , lol , but more of an en user than a programmer , but im leain .. lol but would greatly appreciate a little instruction on how to do it the way you did. :)

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I am a Ubuntu user and hence these instructions are for a PC with Ubuntu as the OS. Windows users are on their own.

1. Download the .deb file to your PC.
http://www.lexal.net/NuvoBlack.deb

2. Right Click on the downloaded file and click "Extract Here". The file gets extracted to a folder called "NuvoBlack.deb_FILES"

3. Browse to the folder and you will see a file called "data.tar.gz". Right click this file and extract again. The file gets extracted to a folder called "data.tar.gz_FILES"

4. Browse to this folder and you will find 2 folders one named "home" and the other named "usr" These are the 2 folders that need to get copied to your N800.

5. Attach your N800 to the PC using the USB cable and copy these files to your N800 SD card (Internal or Removable). Unmount your N800 drives and unplug the N800.

6. Assuming you have ssh, become root and xterm installed. Open xterm. Type "ssh root@your_N800_ip". Enter yor password. Once your are logged in as root type "cd /media/mmc1" or "cd /media/mmc2" depending on where you copied the files. A quick "ls" in xterm will let you know if you are in the right place.

7. Type the following into xterm

cp -rfp usr/share/themes/NuvoBlack/ /usr/share/themes
cp -rfp home/user/.opera/skin/NuvoBlack.zip /home/user/.opera/skin/

8. Exit xterm. Now select NuvoBlack from themes in control panel

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would it be possible for you to email me the files that need to be copied to the sd card , i run wondows and i dont know anyone locally that uses any form of linux. i really hope you can email them to me , if you can send me a private msg and ill give you my email addy.

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munky261 Email me

mokshananda AT googles mail

Re: Greatest Device I have ever owned
 

Just open your browser with: http://www.lexal.net/NuvoBlack.deb
Then your N800 will do the rest to install NuvoBlack.

:D

Re: Greatest Device I have ever owned
 

Glad to have you aboard suryavanshi! It's nice to see a positive take on the N800 after so much bashing lately... : /