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Forum: Applications 2010-07-26, 22:29
Replies: 92
Views: 32,005
Posted By ewan
Re: fcam & fcamera and HDRcapture Thread (Bugs, Ideas..etc)

Rather oddly the basic fcamera app is open source, but the Nokia built HDR and lowlight apps appear to be in non-free. That doesn't seem like a sensible decision for example apps.
Forum: Applications 2010-06-02, 08:57
Replies: 38
Views: 13,200
Posted By ewan
Re: Speedometer from ovi doesnt work (right)

He said an OVI app was poor, not that they all were. And it's not a surprise - OVI doesn't have the sort of public review and testing mechanism that maemo-extras has. There's no bug tracker, no...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-05-25, 23:38
Replies: 20
Views: 8,321
Posted By ewan
Re: pr1.2 showing on app manager but wont let me install from the phone?

Fantastic. You've just saved me an enormous amount of trial and error - I had tuxracer blocking the upgrade. It would have taken me ages to get to uninstalling that and I'd have stripped a lot of...
Forum: Off Topic 2010-04-06, 16:15
Replies: 7,222
Views: 1,628,450
Posted By ewan
Re: Speculation about the next firmware (PR1.2) and its release date

I do. Because at the moment a feature that is important to me, that worked in the initial firmware release, and was broken by Nokia in PR1.1 is still broken on my device, despite being marked as...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-04-06, 15:55
Replies: 3
Views: 4,185
Posted By ewan
Re: Supreme password for X terminal

To get root type 'sudo gainroot'. The documents directory has a different name, and if you can't find it using the standard commandline tools you should give serious consideration to whether you...
Forum: Applications 2010-03-11, 14:10
Replies: 176
Views: 64,102
Posted By ewan
Re: Joiku for n900 available :)

If that's true I'd consider demanding a refund - that's just plain buggy.
Forum: Applications 2010-03-10, 13:28
Replies: 176
Views: 64,102
Posted By ewan
Re: Joiku for n900 available :)

Firstly, what did you expect on an open computing device? It being technically possible to copy software is completely normal. The system works because people pay up anyway.

Secondly, since you've...
Forum: General 2010-03-09, 18:25
Replies: 2
Views: 2,291
Posted By ewan
Re: Free updates

The incremental updates are free of charge in the same way that Windows updates are. There is no information on whether major version updates (equivalent to XP->Vista->Windows 7) will be released for...
Forum: Community 2010-03-09, 14:08
Replies: 96
Views: 19,724
Posted By ewan
Re: What? Bugzilla uses my email address as my ID?

It is free software; you're allowed to customise it yourself.

I think the warning is a terrible idea since it will inevitably lead to people setting up new addresses, then ignoring them...
Forum: Community 2010-03-09, 08:54
Replies: 96
Views: 19,724
Posted By ewan
Re: What? Bugzilla uses my email address as my ID?

The title of this thread could equally well have been "ZOMG! Bugzilla is using my email address as an email address, I might get email!"

Really, that's what it's for.
Forum: Community 2010-03-05, 00:14
Replies: 301
Views: 100,890
Posted By ewan
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD

I know it's generally bad form to post 'Me too' comments, but I'm going to do it anyway; I think we've still got a way to go on getting Nokia to take a more open attitude, but it's really good to...
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2010-03-04, 14:04
Replies: 47
Views: 18,286
Posted By ewan
Re: Orange is getting into MeeGo!

No, it wouldn't. It's basic 'tivoisation' and version two of the GPL does nothing to stop it.
Forum: Off Topic 2010-03-03, 17:43
Replies: 428
Views: 50,254
Posted By ewan
Re: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified

The trouble with arguing based on what 'most people' think is that an awful lot of people are completely fine with the idea of 'pirating' software, which is why it happens so much and so casually.
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Forum: Off Topic 2010-03-03, 17:26
Replies: 428
Views: 50,254
Posted By ewan
Re: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified

It's not about the price per se, but a consequence of respecting the freedom of your users. You may or may not believe that people have a right to study, modify and share software, but some people...
Forum: Off Topic 2010-03-03, 16:41
Replies: 428
Views: 50,254
Posted By ewan
Re: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified

From both sides though. The attitude of the anti-freedom folks (It's MY software, my PRECIOUSSSS) is just as selfish and lacking in empathy.
Forum: Off Topic 2010-03-03, 11:34
Replies: 428
Views: 50,254
Posted By ewan
Re: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified

If you're looking for a purely ethical view rather than a legal one, then an alternative to consider is the four freedoms espoused by the FSF (and others). If you accept that ethically a user of...
Forum: Off Topic 2010-03-02, 21:24
Replies: 428
Views: 50,254
Posted By ewan
Re: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified

The whole 'is it stealing' thing is a huge red herring for this discussion - the law is remarkably clear on this, and remarkably consistent across much of the world. Copyright infringement is not the...
Forum: Community 2010-03-02, 21:03
Replies: 301
Views: 100,890
Posted By ewan
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD

It could, which is why I'm suggesting having someone like the council filter it down to a basic list of things we really need to know, rather than declaring open season.

It's a compromise, and...
Forum: Community 2010-03-02, 18:02
Replies: 301
Views: 100,890
Posted By ewan
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD

I think what I would like to see come out of this discussion is for some representative(s) of the community (e.g. the Council) to compile a list of hot-topic questions, and for someone from Nokia...
Forum: Community 2010-03-02, 00:39
Replies: 301
Views: 100,890
Posted By ewan
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD

MeeGo is supposed to run on phones, netbooks, cars and TVs, amongst other things. I think a high level of hardware abstraction is pretty much a given.
Forum: Community 2010-03-02, 00:27
Replies: 301
Views: 100,890
Posted By ewan
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD

To be honest, as far as the 'FUD' question goes, it doesn't matter whether Harmattan is going to be available on the N900. What matters is that we know what the plans are either way. Until we do,...
Forum: Community 2010-03-01, 23:30
Replies: 301
Views: 100,890
Posted By ewan
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD

Harmattan. Not yet, obviously, but when it's out I see no reason that it shouldn't be supported on the N900 in the same way that the latest iPhone OS releases are available on all the existing iPhone...
Forum: Community 2010-03-01, 22:41
Replies: 301
Views: 100,890
Posted By ewan
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD

Well, since you ask, how about just one, Apple's announcement of the iPhone OS 3.0 update:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/03/17iphone.html

A few select quotes:



So, never mind a...
Forum: Community 2010-03-01, 22:24
Replies: 301
Views: 100,890
Posted By ewan
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD

The iPhone is something of a special case though, and everyone else's failure to beat Apple at that game proves it. If Nokia and others are going to compete against Apple in the...
Forum: Community 2010-03-01, 21:59
Replies: 301
Views: 100,890
Posted By ewan
Re: Cleaning N900 FUD

I think you're wrong. Take the example of Intel's approach to graphics card drivers, for example. As a rule, by the time a new chipset hits retail they have free drivers already published, already...
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