penalvch

Revision 5 as of 2012-05-04 22:32:37

Clear message

My name is Christopher M. Penalver and thank you for visiting my wiki.

I am a current member of Ubuntu Bug Control, with a heavy focus on LibreOffice and Linux kernel bugs.

I am an avid Xubuntu/GNU/Linux user and very thankful for it.

Get Hulu to work with your Samsung Stratosphere Android phone via Xubuntu

I wrote this tutorial as I am very leary about downloading some zip file found on a random forum to get what I want to work. Instead, I did it myself and wanted to share the results.

Install the Android SDK via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r16-linux.tgz && file-roller -h android-sdk_r16-linux.tgz && cd android-sdk-linux/tools && sh android

check the checkbox Tools -> click button Install 2 package -> click radio button Accept All -> click button Install

One this is done, enable USB debugging via Settings -> Applications -> Development -> check USB debugging cd ~/Desktop/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools && ./adb pull /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib/libflashplayer.so && ghex2 libflashplayer.so

Find a part of the code in the right hand ASCII window that looks like:

PlugIn..5.1.AND 11,1,11

change this to:

PlugIn..5.1.WIN 11,1,11

save the file, and then at the Terminal:

./adb push libflashplayer.so /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib/

Finally, change the user agent on the Dolphin Browser via Menu button- -> More -> Menu -> Settings -> Dolphin settings -> User Agent Custom -> Custom useragent WIN

Enjoy! Big Grin :)

Here are a few of my observations regarding Unity in Ubuntu:

Pros

-> Gives the user more screen real estate by hiding menubars when not in use, thinning out vertical scrollbars unless hovered over, and consolidating a windows top bar into the top task bar.

-> Consolidates Applications/Places/System into the Ubuntu Start icon.

Cons

-> All the menu structures I've enjoyed using and been accustomed to in GNOME 2.x are completely hosed.

-> Synaptic Package Manager is gone.

-> the Unity bar is an efficiency regression for my applications. I have 12 desktops open, and having the name of the windows open at the bottom is critical in keeping it all straight. This is a show stopper for me and I use Xubuntu.

Things I miss dearly about GNOME 2.x since moving off Unity and into Xubuntu:

+ Being able to simply and easily use CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor to governor my CPU(s). Xubuntu does not have a working governor at the moment. Since I started purchasing laptops exclusively (Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5934, Acer Aspire 5750-9668) I've been affected by the Linux power regression. Currently, I have to use xfce4-sensors-plugin to visually monitor my temps approaching ~200 F, in which case my laptops will promptly shut off. I've become highly aware of which applications, and in what combinations, will cause my temp to spike. Hence, I only run certain applications at any one time or in certain ways. However, with GNOME 2.x, I could just governor all my CPUs, and blissfully run any combination of programs without the fear of a temp shutdown. Hopefully, the power regression patch is included in Precise when it is released stable. Smile :)

+ Having an army of GNOME developers work on bugs, instead of design changes for GNOME 3/Unity and the bugs created because of this. It's pretty clear that Unity is an initative to create a unified experience across diverse hardware architectures. I just wished they kept developing for GNOME 2.x while pushing that initative forward!


CategoryHomepage