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author | Aaron Ball <nullspoon@iohq.net> | 2015-05-31 11:45:20 -0600 |
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committer | Aaron Ball <nullspoon@iohq.net> | 2015-05-31 11:45:20 -0600 |
commit | bec251a94189864d08edbc162e3c046aa9d18d9c (patch) | |
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parent | 3f19c2313feb53e3d7c861e317d1d75552c6cb89 (diff) | |
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Added two more posts from port
Had to convert some images in use on the posts from png to jpg.
Updated the gitignore to allow for items in the html/files/ and html/res/
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diff --git a/src/Cyanogenmod_7_on_the_Evo.ascii b/src/Cyanogenmod_7_on_the_Evo.ascii new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd848b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/Cyanogenmod_7_on_the_Evo.ascii @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +Cyanogenmod 7 on the Evo +======================== +:author: Aaron Ball +:email: nullspoon@iohq.net + +== {doctitle} + +Good morning everyone. + +I recently switched from Verizon to Sprint because my contract ran out and +another reason or two (they are political). In that switch, I moved from my +Motorola Droid to an HTC Evo. I would have switched to the Epic since it is +newer, but it isn't nearly as far along when it comes to custom mods than the +Evo is (the Epic doesn't even have an official release of Cyanogenmod yet). + +With that , three days in, I voided my phone's warranty by flashing a new Rom +to it. + +Now, for those of you new to this, flashing a custom rom to your phone can do +wonders. For instance, before I did this, my Evo 's battery life was roughly +ten hours. After flashing the Cyanogen mod to my phone, my battery life was +extended at least eight hours. With some additional tweaking (which was made +available to me by my custom rom), I now get a full day with pretty heavy usage +and two days with light to moderate usage. + +Another great bit you get out of a rooted phone and custom ROMs is the ability +to update your phone on your own, instead of having to wait the six months to a +year it may take for your carrier to release the latest update for your phone. +For instance, android. 2.3 (gingerbread) is already out and many phones still +have android 2.1 (eclair). We don't even have the 2.2 (froyo) update yet. + +And now, without further adieu, I have flashed Cyanogenmod 7 on my phone which +is a mod of the long awaited android 2.3, gingerbread. + + +-- +image:files/wpid-screenshot_31.jpg[height=400] + +Clearly with this one I am a Sprint customer. This is the notifications drop +down list showing the added control widgets to the top. This is actually a +Cyanogenmod functionality, not Gingerbread. +-- + +-- +image:files/wpid-screenshot_36.jpg[height=400] + +This is the lock screen if you use a pin to lock your phone. Overall, not much different here. +-- + +-- +image:files/wpid-screenshot_33.jpg[height=400] + +This is the phone dialer. Clearly this is very stylistically different from the +2.1 and 2.2 dialers. +-- + +-- +image:files/wpid-screenshot_32.jpg[height=400] + +This is the app menu. I am actually using the Zeam launcher, but this menu +looks the same in the default Gingerbread launcher, ADW, and Zeam. +-- + +-- +image:files/wpid-screenshot_29.jpg[height=400] + +This is the home screen. Once again, I'm using the Zeam launcher, so the app +menu at the bottom looks a bit different. Take note however of the icons on the +notifications bar at the top; they have changed significantly from 2.2. I do +miss the gradient at the top, however not having it makes the top bar blend in +much better with various other aspects of the phone. +-- + +That's it for now. If you want to see screenshots of some other specific +things, please let me know in the comments section and I'll get on those as +soon as I can. The same goes for questions about anything Android related. + +Thanks for reading! + + +// vim: set syntax=asciidoc: diff --git a/src/Installing_Gimp_2.7_via_a_PPA.ascii b/src/Installing_Gimp_2.7_via_a_PPA.ascii new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b63228f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/Installing_Gimp_2.7_via_a_PPA.ascii @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Installing_Gimp_2.7_via_a_PPA +============================= +:author: Aaron Ball +:email: nullspoon@iohq.net + +== {doctitle} + +Hello all, + +For those of you who foam at the mouth to get your hands on the latest and +greatest copy of a certain software, specifically in this case Gimp, you might +have interest here. + +I recently read a post on the Gimp website that said Gimp would finally be +moving to a single window with docks and away from it's flying free method +where your tools are in their own windows that can be put anywhere. That being +said, I am quite eager to get a look at 2.8. Sadly though, 2.8 is not available +yet(as far as I know at least). Version 2.7 is still in beta, but it IS in +beta. :) + +image:files/gimp271-sm.jpg[gimp271-sm.jpg,title="gimp271-sm.jpg"] + +Here's how we install it on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx + +Crack open a terminal and type + +---- +sudo apt-add-repository ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn +---- + +After you've added that repository, type... + +---- +sudo apt-get update +---- + +Once our list of repositories is updated, let's install gimp 2.7 + +---- +sudo apt-get install gimp +---- + +That's it! Enjoy all the new functionality. + +Category:Linux +Category:Debian +Category:Ubuntu + + +// vim: set syntax=asciidoc: |