Since RTFM's 3mx Ultra linux makes such an improvement to the EPC/Razorbook/Alpha 400/et al, I wanted to start its own thread.
For owners of this machine
(linux-based, not the CE version
), I can't recommend this OS enough. It's an upgrade in every way, from its Windows-based JWM Start menu to a plethora of additional applications.
A couple of tips:
1
) If users want to use other fonts, make a directory called .fonts in the root folder and copy ms ttf fonts into it. Abiword and other apps will automatically list them in their font menus
2
) If you want genuine backlight control, use ard's kernel. Here is the link:
http://projects.kwaak.net/twiki/bin/view/Epc700/KernelBacklight and check the Alpha 400 thread for installation tips:
http://www.hpcfactor.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=13439&start=61
3
) to get Slypheed to import properly your email addresses into its addressbook, the file to be imported should be an ldif file--this imports, at its defaults, much better than a csv file
4
) RTFM's addition of Skipstone Browser makes for a far faster browser than firefox. For those interested, here are my bookmarks
(note that they are almost all mobile links, which browses even faster
). Cut and paste into the /.skipstone/bookmarks file:
folder Menu
url
http://wap.cbsnews.com/ CBSnews
url
http://wireless.go.com/wireless/abcnews/ ABCnews
url
http://mobile.washingtonpost.com/ Washington Post
url
http://us.new.m.yahoo.com/w/ynews Yahoo! News
url
http://www.google.com/m/news Google News
url
http://m.cnn.com/ CNN
url
http://m.usatoday.com/ USA Today
url
http://mobile.nytimes.com/ New York Times
url
http://m.npr.org/ NPR
url
http://mobile.time.com/ Time Mobile
url
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia
sep
url
http://mobile.politico.com/ Politico
url
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blackberry/ Huffington Post
sep
url
http://m.si.com/ SI
url
http://m.espn.go.com/wireless/index?w=192st&i=MCOM ESPN
sep
url
http://www.hpcfactor.com/ HPC:Factor
url
http://www.pdastreet.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8 Psion Forum
sep
url
http://www.google.com/ Google
url
http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/howto-use-cplay-like-a-pro/ cplay
url
http://www.littlelinuxlaptop.com/ Little Linux Laptop
url
http://linuxlaptopforum.ark2webdesign.co.uk/ Small Linux Laptop Forum
url
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jostht/epc/ Alpha 400 Files
url
http://www.hpcfactor.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=13439&start=16 Alpha 400 HPC:Factor
url
http://3mx.taita.co.uk/ 3mx Distribution
/folder
folder Toolbar
url
http://www.freshmeat.net freshmeat.net
url
http://slashdot.org Slashdot
folder Mozilla
url
http://mozillazine.org/ MozillaZine
url
http://mozilla.org Mozilla's site
url
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org BugZilla
/folder
url
http://google.com Google
url
http://muhri.net Muhri.net
/folder
Wishlist:
a
) I wish the Contacts program had proper import/export
b
) I wish the Calendar program had proper import/export
c
) I REALLY wish for a 2.6 kernel for bluetooth and fast typing, and I understand that's under development. Fingers crossed
This is a great OS and a phenomenal upgrade.
Many, many thanks, RTFM, both for your programming and fine support.
Jake
Edited by Jake 2010-02-02 12:40 PM
Wow, thanks! Didn't see this right away. It certainly isn't perfect, but it is far superior to the crud that was installed on these from the factory. Nice bookmarks. I may just have to 'borrow' some. 
