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Comment on 7 Observations about the Atrix 4G, Android and Laptop Dock by Kelvin Lau

Kelvin Lau — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:15:40 +0000

hi David,

I just got the Atrix, and its browser isn’t resizing columns of text… is there a setting i have to toggle somewhere (i didn’t see it in browser settings)?

Kelvin

Comment on Free Software for a rooted NOOKcolor by David Sterry

David Sterry — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:35:53 +0000

@Jac When I rooted it, I was sure to go through the steps to make the system partition writable so that may have helped. For more I would consult the NOOKcolor rooting link above and visit #nookcolor on freenode if you need more help.

Comment on Free Software for a rooted NOOKcolor by David Sterry

David Sterry — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:34:21 +0000

@FDroid Thanks for the dent on the video and I agree. It’s not without some reservation that I buy a device that must be rooted. The fact that it’s built on a much larger percentage of copylefted than a certain other tablet which shall remain nameless gives me some hope. Still there is the issue of non-free drivers and firmware that we’ll probably always be trying to resolve. For now, I’m hoping FDroid and free software make it onto the radar for more users of Android devices. I’ve been heartened by the amount of free software that’s already available for the system.

Comment on Free Software for a rooted NOOKcolor by Jac

Jac — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 05:26:41 +0000

Hi,

I have a rooted nook color and I installed FDroid but i cannot install any of the apps directly … i get the “blocked” message. Did you d/l the apk’s and install with adb? If not, is there some kind of special technique that you used to install?

thank!

Comment on Free Software for a rooted NOOKcolor by FDroid

FDroid — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:23:35 +0000

Very interesting. I kind of object to buying a device that you have to use tricks and loopholes to root, but I guess as long as you know it can be done beforehand there’s nothing to lose.

Enjoyed your YouTube video of this in action too, thanks for sharing.

Comment on Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit on Sony VAIO VPCF121GX PCG-81114L by sina

sina — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:52:35 +0000

tanx alot

Comment on Error 2013 with Seagate FreeAgent backup by April

April — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:41:41 +0000

THANK YOU!! For a couple months my backups have been incomplete because of this error and some other messages. I did what you wrote and I finally have a complete backup.

Comment on Error 2013 with Seagate FreeAgent backup by Brian

Brian — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:19:23 +0000

Thanks – that fixed the 2013 error

Comment on What do you call a USB Flash Drive? by custom usb

custom usb — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:16:55 +0000

In our country we call it usb flash drive

Comment on gNewSense Wireless That Works by David Sterry

David Sterry — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:38:02 +0000

Update: I loaded up my Acer Aspire One A110 (zg5) with gNewSense, updated the kernel and found that wireless worked very well on it. Even better than the Netgear though, it’s not like you can just slap an Aspire One on your computer.