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2008-04-19
, 03:42
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#2
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O.k. - I'm game. I have a N800 and an extra 2Gb chip. Can anyone tell me the steps necessary to "run in CHROOT"?
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2008-04-19
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There's a few threads here on running Debian on the tablets; one of them is about using it in chroot. That information is applicable. Oh, and this ain't VMS; it's chroot, not CHROOT. 
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2008-04-19
, 04:04
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#4
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Originally Posted by finite
Are you going to complain about breaking backwards compatibilty too?
See [URL="http://mojo.handhelds.org/"]Hopefully Nokia will abandon their half-assed proprietary distribution and start shipping a real OS!
There's no reason to switch to Ubuntu.
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2008-04-19
, 05:08
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I cant wait to see this happen.
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2008-04-19
, 05:27
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Don't go getting your panties in a bunch just yet. Just because it says ubuntu does not mean all the apps/packages/binaries you are used to using are going to work. They are Not! Each and every package will have to be recompiled for the arm architecture. Don't go thinking that you will be able to jusr grab whuchever arbitrary package and install it, because it will not work that easily.
pardon the typos
im posting this on m n800's on screen kb
eric
pardon the typos
im posting this on m n800's on screen kb
eric
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2008-04-19
, 07:11
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Either this article or the mojo site is not very accurate - the article states that they had completed building Gutsy Gibbon, while on the site only Feisty is shown as completed and with only src packages for download.
Looks like they have more road to cover before any usable binaries are released.
Good effort though.
Looks like they have more road to cover before any usable binaries are released.
Good effort though.
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2008-04-19
, 07:58
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@ Looking at y'all and sighing
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Wow, I ain't complaining.
I'd keep Maemo on my flash but I sure as hell wouldn't turn the idea of it being on my MMC down.
I'd keep Maemo on my flash but I sure as hell wouldn't turn the idea of it being on my MMC down.
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2008-04-19
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It seems I am in a dream. If nokia also releases the closed driver parts of their devices I dont want to wake up.
I guess Ubuntu will not work if a new kernel cannot read old proprietary drivers ...
I guess Ubuntu will not work if a new kernel cannot read old proprietary drivers ...
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2008-04-19
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#10
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They can use the already available kernels... or release the drivers as binary.
via http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS2097004728.html
Apparently Ubuntu 7.04 (two versions old, wtf?) can run in a chroot on N800 now. This will be a lot cooler if/when they get 8.04 actually booting, and running Hildon from Ubuntu Mobile.
Hopefully Nokia will abandon their half-assed proprietary distribution and start shipping a real OS!
Last edited by finite; 2008-04-19 at 02:56.