Fell

#Nokia #N900 update: It works, but it's slow. Any UI like #Xfce or #MATE is just too much for the little 600 MHz CPU.

So I'm going to make myself comfortable with a terminal environment. Or rather: I will MAKE myself a terminal environment, because unfortunately there is no good preconfigured terminal "desktop" that just works. I'm going to have to edit a lot of config files...

I wish there was some kind of vintage desktop I could use like... I don't know, #KDE 1? Surely that worked with 256 MB of RAM back then. 🤔

#postmarketOS #linux #linuxmobile

Sep 27, 2023 at 5:36pmWeb
Show threadFellSep 27, 2023

Current issues include:

- I can't remember the #i3wm hotkeys
- Switching to a virtual terminal doesn't work
- Browsing the web with w3m doesn't display images (but I know it's possible)
- I don't know how to type `|`
- I don't know how to press the F1-12 keys
- It has trouble waking up from suspend (Ahh, a true #postmarketOS classic!)
- When it suspends, it forgets to turn the keyboard backlight off
- I need a keybinding for the screen brightness
- I need a keybinding to turn the screen (and the touchscreen) off
- I need a keybinding for suspend
- I need a way ro remember all my keybindings
- I still haven't decided whether to use #X11 or just the virtual terminal

Show threaddevrtz Sep 27, 2023

@fell

Maybe you could have a look at #bananui by @affe_null ?

It is meant to run on featurephones (so not quite sure the #N900 would be a perfect fit),

have a look at https://fosstodon.org/@affe_null@abscue.de/110923326016567326
and
https://git.abscue.de/obp/bananui/shell !

#MobileLinux

Affe Null (@[email protected])

The #bananui toolkit for #FeaturePhones now has some documentation: https://obp.abscue.de/bananui/bananui This is just the very beginning so it's still incomplete. Feel free to report problems and suggest improvements! And if you're interested, try writing an application that uses bananui and tell me how far you get... #LinuxMobile #OpenBananaProject

Abscue/Mastodon
Show threadIstvánSep 27, 2023

@fell I haven't tried it personally but would sxmo maybe be something that works here?

https://sxmo.org/

Sxmo: Simple X mobile

A minimalist mobile linux environment that is truly yours to control! Sxmo is a collection of simple programs and shell scripts used together to create a fully functional mobile UI adhering to the Unix philosophy for Linux phones and other devices

Sxmo: Simple X mobile
Show threadPavel MachekJan 21, 2025
@fell Xfce should be usable on #N900. But you should really take a look at Maemo Leste, you get working system for little effort. #Maemo, #MaemoLeste, I guess?