Originally Posted by sixwheeledbeast

@hella
I have no problem with customizing etc, that's the maemo spirit, it's why we are still here.
But pointing a newbie at overclocking and not explaining the facts is poor.
It's his choice to make not everybody else's..

Originally Posted by sixwheeledbeast

In HAM click the top menu and then select application catalogues.
This will then list your repos.
devel and testing repos are for unstable apps and download from here should be done with caution.
If you which to install a devel or testing application

@hella
I have no problem with customizing etc, that's the maemo spirit, it's why we are still here.
But pointing a newbie at overclocking and not explaining the facts is poor.
It's his choice to make not everybody else's.

@OP
Everything you need to know about maemo is in the wiki's
wiki.maemo.org have a search on there.

Originally Posted by BaronKatz

The only one that is in the repo Maemo extras-devel. I added this so I can search for certain apps that might not have been available...

Thanks a lot for your help. I have now installed the CSSU and done all (except the overclocking for now). It seems that everything is working much faster and better now. The thing that seemed to help the most was the Swappolube...

Are there any must have apps that people would suggest for me? What is the difference between a QML and a non-QML version of something? I noticed that Cutetube QML works a little faster and better than the non QML version...?

Originally Posted by sixwheeledbeast

devel is the most unstable repo many packages here will cause havoc to your dev. Be sure to research what you are installing. Devel repo is the slowest as it homes the most packages.

You should normally have these enabled

• Nokia Apps
  Nokia SSU
  maemo.org
  Community SSU
  Ovi PR 1.3

If you wish to have testing or devel leave them disabled at only use as required

Originally Posted by sixwheeledbeast

Swappolube, Kernel Power and CSSU combined are what should be installed first IMO.

BTW I have Kernel Power but don't overclock as it provides fixes and enhancements see KP wiki.
I recommend Kernel Power without overclock package and this will enable Smartreflex which will make your device work most efficiently.

Are you using the proposed settings in Swappolube and have you saved them?

IIRC Cutetube original version is now not updated only the cutetube-QML version currently, you should use QML version for this package.

Originally Posted by bandora

Btw baronkatz make sure you install rootme.. So you can have easy root access..

And then try to do:

Code:

sudo gainroot
apt-get install <name of app>

See what it tells you on terminal about the app.. Like for example if you can't install the Contact Merger, it will tell you why it doesn't install it in terminal.

EDIT: So for you it would be something like this

Code:

sudo gainroot
apt-get install merge-contacts

Originally Posted by uTMY

Yes

I realise it only checks for updates once a day by default but it often takes a very long time to check for those when it is doing it as it is a background task which, apart from slowing the system down at the beginning of every day when you connect to the net, wastes battery every morning.

You do sit on the crapper and browse first thing every morning?

I also think it may retry the update during the day if you disconnect the internet before it finishes too.

I for one, didn't want my system wasting processor time and hence battery duration checking for updates every day when I know there are none to be had so I set it to check only once per week and saved a whole tonne of battery use and I get faster browsing whilst on the crapper.

rgds