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AlMehdi	2010-07-10 , 07:07
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Originally Posted by MohammadAG

Wait for a tar.bz2, wip is work in progress, it won't auto magically work when you "port" it

Oh and #NITUbuntu on Freenode to discuss it on IRC (nitdroid, ty for the name :P)

Don't want to poke in the wrong jar.. but wouldn't Nitbuntu sound better?

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ear0wax	2010-07-10 , 07:26
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Originally Posted by MohammadAG

it won't auto magically work when you "port" it

I think this has alot of info that will be helpful when porting ubuntu

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ear0wax	2010-07-10 , 07:40
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Originally Posted by MohammadAG

It needs thumb2 support, the stock kernel on the N900 has it disabled as it causes crashes, I already tried to get 10.04 working, but it failed to even chroot into it.

Over in the NITdroid thread theres a new multiboot bootmenu that can flash kernels automatically, ie flash maemo kernel before booting maemo, android before android etc etc. That would be helpful in enabling thumb2 support in a kernel made just for ubuntu so it would leave maemo unaffected.

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	MohammadAG	2010-07-10 , 07:45
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Originally Posted by ear0wax

Over in the NITdroid thread theres a new multiboot bootmenu that can flash kernels automatically, ie flash maemo kernel before booting maemo, android before android etc etc. That would be helpful in enabling thumb2 support in a kernel made just for ubuntu so it would leave maemo unaffected.

I'll check it out soon (that thread is hectic!), the image is 1.1GBs, I'll try lzma in a bit since it does better compression.

b-man found the debian link first (seen it a week ago), it doesn't help a lot since Ubuntu is VERY different for some reason (pointer, X, etc..).
Not sure if thumb2 causes it to crash cause of a hardware reason, or cause of maemo, I'll check it today.

Oh and yeah, #NITbuntu sounds better, but too late for that :P

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ear0wax	2010-07-10 , 08:04
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Originally Posted by MohammadAG

b-man found the debian link first (seen it a week ago), it doesn't help a lot since Ubuntu is VERY different for some reason (pointer, X, etc..).

I think Canonical is pushing arm development alot harder than Debian.

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	Kangal	2010-07-10 , 10:29
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Is it easy to make your own UI/UX/skin on top of Ubuntu?

I have a few ideas that (I think) would make a killer experience on the N900 (and any larger tablets). I have these as .bmp images for you to peruse but I've only completed (e-painting) 2 segments out of the 4 I planned.

So if its easy/fairly easy my idea could be useful (purpose of this question)

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AlMehdi	2010-07-10 , 10:41
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Originally Posted by Kangal

Is it easy to make your own UI/UX/skin on top of Ubuntu?

I have a few ideas that (I think) would make a killer experience on the N900 (and any larger tablets). I have these as .bmp images for you to peruse but I've only completed (e-painting) 2 segments out of the 4 I planned.

So if its easy/fairly easy my idea could be useful (purpose of this question)

I am not sure what exactly you refer too.. but you can make themes for gnome. If another shell is used it is also possible to do themes for them.

One is for "window frame" and then "icons" and "cursors". You can change it fully to then one you are happy with or mix different kinds.

This is a great site fore theme hunting:
http://gnome-look.org/index.php?xcon...87285ba84ba421

Last edited by AlMehdi; 2010-07-10 at 10:44.

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ear0wax	2010-07-10 , 17:59
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How will right click work in NITubuntu? I dont really care for easydebs "click and hold" style right clicking, Id rather see a modifier key used (cam key maybe?) so you would hold modifier key then press screen for right click.