The official Maemo / Meego thread.

[Hman]

Seeing as the Android boys don't want me spoiling their fun with the plain superiority of Maemo and it's pending successor Meego I thought I'd start a thread regarding these smartphone OS's.

A very useful link:

maemo.org - features applications, themes, games, system modification and news.

[Hman]

Here's a list of useful stuff I've got on my N900:

MyPaint - A painting/sketching program that's pressure sensitive and features a heck load of brushes

QtIrreco - A awesome infrared remote control program, with a database of pre-configured remotes it's dead easy to use

Xournal - A handwriting note application

Rootsh - Enables root access in X-Terminal using 'sudo gainroot'

OpenSSH - Lets you SSH into your phone via a SSH client on your pc over Wi-Fi

Power User Kernel - Adds various functionality at kernel level, I find it very stable and enables overclocking the CPU.

QCPUFreq - A GUI for setting the maximum CPU speed, if you don't have the Power User Kernel you can use it to limit the maximum CPU speed.

Firefox Mobile - A mobile version of Firefox

Opera Mobile - Opera Mobile for Maemo

And lots more.....

[DAE_JA_VOO]

Good luck getting this thread active. I'd be willing to bet that you're the only Maemo user on this forum

[Studio Touch Visagie]

Good luck getting this thread active. I'd be willing to bet that you're the only Maemo user on this forum

^ Fanboy. Maemo is superior to Android. Now leave us.

[DAE_JA_VOO]

No no, I'm not expressing any form of Fanboyism. I'm just saying - Android is used significantly, significantly more than Maemo, in terms of Mobile OS usage, and despite that, there are only about 5 or 6 of us here on the whole forum with Android phones, which suggests that the chances of other maemo users being on this forum are pretty slim.

Just saying

[Hman]

True, but still, it's awesome.

[DAE_JA_VOO]

I actually haven't used Maemo before, so I wouldn't know

[DeathStrike]

hmm. login as root user one the phone via your pc? i somehow don't see how that is awesome? but if it were the other way around? that would be great.

i know for a fact the iPhone can use the terminal.. know someone that has ssh into work servers from his iPhone in emergencies.

[Hman]

I haven't checked for a SSH client for my phone yet, but there's a good possibility that there is one. The intended pc would need a SSH server running.

But what I can't wait for is the port of samba, I know that it's in the development/testing stage, that would allow me to connect to windows networks.

[Hman]

i just got a nokia n900 and mxit isnt supported

Install MicroEmulator then you can run a java version of Mxit.

I haven't tried running Mxit in it yet but it should work.

[Hman]

ok... i have a total noob question so noob i didnt want to start a new thread D:

i just installed debian on my nokia n900 ... where do i get software for it ? and what can i do with debian I dont know how to use linux at all so some direction into some noob guides would be nice

Appreciate it

I have Debain running as well and it's not that difficult, here's a link that will give you instructions on how to install apps etc.

http://wiki.maemo.org/Easy_Debian

[Hman]

Firmware update PR 1.3 is available for installation.

I installed it, and will test it tonight, supposedly it brings some stability and speed improvements.