Working 2008 OS Software

From Internet Tablet Talk

This is a list of working 2008 OS software. Note: if you add to this page please provide links to the software, and add notes regarding any tricks you used to install the software. See also: http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11024

and, of course, ITT has this: http://www.internettablettalk.com/software/

Anyone else want to add stuff in here then log in and make the changes to the appropriate section. Format for new entries is;

Name of application

• Description: (errrr.... take a guess)
• Install: (Maemo Downloads page link)
• Garage: (Maemo garage link if exists)
• Homepage: (Developer homepage)
• Notes: (install notes, required libraries, etc.)

Contents 1 Blogging & Text Editors 2 Instant Messaging, Email & Microblogging Tools 3 Media (Players & Managers) 4 Games 5 Utilities 6 Essential Stuff That Makes Other Things Work 7 2008 Specific Repositories

Blogging & Text Editors

WordPy

• Description: Wordpress Blog Editor
• Install: http://yerga.net/files/maemo-wordpy_0.4-chinook-1_armel.deb '404

working from app manager: maemo-wordpy ver. 0.5-5

• Garage:
• Homepage:
• Notes:

PyGTKEditor

• Description: Text editor with syntax highlight for Python and PyGTK & reg expressions
• Install: http://khertan.net/downloads/Softwares/pygtkeditor-1.2.0.all.deb
• Garage:
• Homepage: http://khertan.net/softwares/pygtkeditor.php
• Notes:

Gnumeric

• Description: GNOME spreadsheet application
• Install: http://mobilevdr.garage.maemo.org/gnumeric.install
• Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/
• Notes: Seems to work well, just the zoom- and fullscren keys are not working currently

LyX

• Description: LyX Latex WYSIWYM Editor
• Garage: http://lyx.garage.maemo.org
• Notes: Updating the web-page soon!

Instant Messaging, Email & Microblogging Tools

Mauku

• Description: Jaiku client for Maemo
• Install: http://repository.innologies.com/installs/mauku.install
• Garage: https://garage.maemo.org/projects/mauku/
• Homepage: http://mauku.henrikhedberg.com/
• Notes:

Claws Mail

• Description: Full featured email client with POP3, SMTP and IMAP support and plugins
• Install: http://www.claws-mail.org/maemo/claws-mail.install
• Homepage: http://www.claws-mail.org/maemo/

Media (Players & Managers)

For a comparison and brief description of the podcast software see Podcast aggregators - watch and listen on the go.

gPodder

• Description: gPodder Podcasting Client
• Homepage: http://maemo.gpodder.org/
• Installation: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/gpodder/
• Notes:

1. gPodder initially creates the download folder on the internal card (mmc2). After that, you can move the "gpodder" folder to your external card (while gPodder is closed) with the file manager and gPodder will use the external card for downloads on next start.

Vagalume

• Description: LastFM Client
• Install: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/raw/OS2008/vagalume/?get_installfile
• Install (Opt2): https://garage.maemo.org/frs/download.php/2535/vagalume_0.2-1chinook1_armel.deb
• Garage: https://garage.maemo.org/projects/vagalume
• Homepage: http://people.igalia.com/berto/
• Notes: v0.2 known to work

Quiver Photo Viewer

• Description: Image/Photo Viewer
• Install: http://mike.yi.org/singleclick/quiver.install
• Garage:
• Homepage: http://mike.yi.org/projects/quiver/wiki/QuiverForMaemo
• Notes:

Kagu

• Description: Media Player with A2DP Support
• Install: Via Application Manager
• Install (opt 2): http://maemo.org/downloads/product/raw/kagu/?get_installfile
• Garage: https://garage.maemo.org/projects/kagu/
• Homepage: http://kagumedia.com/
• Notes: Requires Python (also in App Manager to be installed first)

FBReader

• Description: eBook Reader
• Install: http://www.fbreader.org/maemo/maemo4/fbreader.install
• Garage:
• Homepage: http://www.fbreader.org/maemo/
• Notes: Instructions at http://www.fbreader.org/maemo/maemo4.php and http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/08/29/fbreader-ten-easy-tips-for-e-book-users-who-want-to-switch-to-a-linux-handheld/#fbreadertips

MPlayer

• Description: THE mPlayer
• Install: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/pool/chinook/free/m/mplayer/
• Garage: http://mplayer.garage.maemo.org/
• Homepage: http://www.mplayerhq.hu
• Notes:

UKMP

• Description: Finger optimised media player
• Install: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/raw/OS2008/ukmp/?get_installfile
• Garage:
• Homepage: http://konttoristhoughts.blogspot.com/
• Notes:

Games

fourrivers

• Where: https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=309&release_id=775
• Notes: version 1.1-1

xmame

• Where: https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=87&release_id=324
• Notes: 0.58.1-6

gpe-sudoku

• Where: http://downloads.maemo.org/product/OS2008/gpe-sudoku/
• Notes: version 0.2

Tomiku

• Description: Sudoku game
• Where: http://people.debian.org/~tschmidt/maemo/chinook/tomiku/
• Garage: https://garage.maemo.org/projects/tomiku

Tennix

• Description: 2D tennis game
• Where: http://icculus.org/tennix/maemo/
• Notes: 0.5.0+git20080124; Support forum on Garage

Utilities

OpenVPN

• Description: full-featured SSL VPN solution
• Install: http://mobilevdr.garage.maemo.org/openvpn.install
• Homepage: http://openvpn.net/

VNC viewer

• Where: https://garage.maemo.org/frs/download.php/2775/vncviewer_0.6.1-chinook1_armel.deb
• Notes: test version 0.6.1, tested on N800 w/ OS2008, the behaviour of the +/- button is changed. Now you must hold it during "mouse" click to modify to right or middle mouse button click.

Switch On Bluetooth (Menu Option to Switch on Bluetooth)

• Where: https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=487&release_id=1130
• Notes: 1.0.1

pyAxelWii (Plots Accelaration data from Wii Remote using bluetooth)

• Where: https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=420&release_id=1131
• Notes: 0.9.4

Simple launcher home applet

• Where: http://simple-launcher.garage.maemo.org/
• Notes: transparency does not work

om weather home applet

• Where: https://garage.maemo.org/projects/omweather/
• Notes: transparency does not work

Maemo Mapper 2.x

• Install: http://repository.maemo.org/extras/dists/chinook/install/maemo-mapper.install
• Garage: http://garage.maemo.org/projects/maemo-mapper

GPE Calendar; ToDo; Contacts; File Manager; Timesheet; Starling Audio Player; SyncD.

• Where: http://www.cobb.uk.net/NokiaIT/#gpe
• Notes: Click on each application name to install it.

Calendar; ToDo; Contacts; Summary: Picked up my restored data and seem to be working. File Manager: Seems to be working fine. Timesheet: Installs but doesn't run for me Starling Audio Player: Installs, runs but has issues. SyncD: Installs but I don't use syncing so can't comment on it. Expect updates and fixes to follow.

osso-statusbar-cpu

• Where: http://people.debian.org/~tschmidt/maemo/chinook/osso-statusbar-cpu/
• Notes: Official version is not available yet

Essential Stuff That Makes Other Things Work

Python

• Where: App Manager or https://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/pymaemo/
• Notes: 2.5.1BETA for Chinook

rootsh

• Where: App Manager (visible when the 'extras' repository is enabled)
• Notes: If your tablet is in R&D mode then the "sudo gainroot" command works without installing rootsh. Rootsh has the same functionality and more as the older 'easyroot' and 'becomeroot' packages.

greasemonkey

• Where: http://browser-extras.garage.maemo.org/install/greasemonkey-webaddon.install
• Notes:

openssh

• Where: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/openssh
• Notes:

2008 Specific Repositories

A complete list of repositories with easy click installation can be found at www.gronmayer.com. Follow instructions there.

Catalogue Name: Jeff Elkins

Web Address: http://elkins.org/packages

Distribution: chinook

Components: main

Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hildon-application-manager.list file: deb http://elkins.org/packages chinook main OR add the repository via the Application Manager program in Settings.

To download debs via your browser goto: http://www.elkins.org/packages/binary/

Contents:

• binutils-2.18.deb - Gnu binutils
• ctorrent-1.3.4.deb - ctorrent bittorrent client
• gnu_tar-1.19.deb - Gnu tar
• mc-4.6.1.deb - Midnight Commander
• ncftp-3.2.1.deb - ncftp ftp client
• bzip2-1.0.4.deb - Newest bzip2
• frotz-2.4.3.deb - Infocom interpreter
• joe-3.5-1.1.deb - Wordstar-like editor
• mpg123-0.66.deb - console mp3 player
• ntp-4.2.4p4.deb - ntpdate network time
• mysql-5.0.45.deb - mysql 5.0 server
• httpd-2.0.61.deb - Apache 2 web server
• ruby-1.8.6.deb - Ruby programing language

Name: lancode.de

repository web address : http://maemo.lancode.de/

distribution : chinook

components : user themes