Comments for Mwangy's Musings http://markmwangi.me.ke Things as they should be. Fri, 18 May 2012 21:35:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Avengers 2012 by Kipsang http://markmwangi.me.ke/avengers-2012/#comment-213 Kipsang Fri, 18 May 2012 21:35:45 +0000 http://markmwangi.me.ke/?p=82#comment-213 Here's another classic quote: Loki: I have an army. Tony Stark: We have a Hulk. Here’s another classic quote:

Loki: I have an army.
Tony Stark: We have a Hulk.

]]> Comment on Best Linux Distro by Mark Mwangi http://markmwangi.me.ke/best-linux-distro/#comment-99 Mark Mwangi Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:35:36 +0000 http://markmwangi.me.ke/?p=60#comment-99 Never tried Mandriva. What does it do differently? Never tried Mandriva. What does it do differently?

]]> Comment on Ideos Custom Roms by Mark Mwangi http://markmwangi.me.ke/ideos-custom-roms/#comment-98 Mark Mwangi Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:34:55 +0000 http://markmwangi.me.ke/?p=21#comment-98 Gone through your blog and must say its a very useful resource, Ujanja kweli kweli :) Am the definition of a noob and am still struggling to get the android SDK to update via the school http proxy. Am on ubuntu so ave tried playing with the terminal but I see no way of doing it. By the way didnt even have to wipe anything to install the latest nightly, I just updated from the official gingerman 7 kwanza with the old recovery 3.0.2.4 nothing seems broken and everything works kawaida save for the stuff in your buglist. Gone through your blog and must say its a very useful resource, Ujanja kweli kweli :) Am the definition of a noob and am still struggling to get the android SDK to update via the school http proxy. Am on ubuntu so ave tried playing with the terminal but I see no way of doing it. By the way didnt even have to wipe anything to install the latest nightly, I just updated from the official gingerman 7 kwanza with the old recovery 3.0.2.4 nothing seems broken and everything works kawaida save for the stuff in your buglist.

]]> Comment on Tablet awesomeness by Mark Mwangi http://markmwangi.me.ke/tablet-awesomeness/#comment-97 Mark Mwangi Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:28:30 +0000 http://markmwangi.me.ke/?p=29#comment-97 Ipod touch 3G? aint that an iPhone? not a fan of the form factor of the 7 inch tablets, feels like an oversized phone or an underdeveloped tablet. . but I agree with the walled garden crap by Apple. its like its designed for babies. Anyhoo they have user experience locked own, cant bash them on that. Cool stuff you are doing though! Ipod touch 3G? aint that an iPhone? not a fan of the form factor of the 7 inch tablets, feels like an oversized phone or an underdeveloped tablet. . but I agree with the walled garden crap by Apple. its like its designed for babies. Anyhoo they have user experience locked own, cant bash them on that. Cool stuff you are doing though!

]]> Comment on Ideos Custom Roms by Alan http://markmwangi.me.ke/ideos-custom-roms/#comment-96 Alan Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:29:45 +0000 http://markmwangi.me.ke/?p=21#comment-96 Long live CyanogenMod! The IDEOS is a real piece of crap... but it's amazing that the community has done with it. ;) I started helping with the CyanogenMod 7 port for IDEOS because I wanted to learn about Android's build system, practice my git fu, etc... it was a lot of fun, and I think the product is pretty damn good considering it was done on 100% volunteer time. Huawei didn't help with any of it!! ;) References from my blog (notes about compiling Android, setting up the build environment, etc): http://mjanja.co.ke/2011/11/building-cyanogenmod-7-1-for-the-huawei-u8150/ http://mjanja.co.ke/2011/09/building-cyanogenmod-7-for-the-huawei-u8150/ Long live CyanogenMod! The IDEOS is a real piece of crap… but it’s amazing that the community has done with it. ;)

I started helping with the CyanogenMod 7 port for IDEOS because I wanted to learn about Android’s build system, practice my git fu, etc… it was a lot of fun, and I think the product is pretty damn good considering it was done on 100% volunteer time. Huawei didn’t help with any of it!! ;)

References from my blog (notes about compiling Android, setting up the build environment, etc):

http://mjanja.co.ke/2011/11/building-cyanogenmod-7-1-for-the-huawei-u8150/
http://mjanja.co.ke/2011/09/building-cyanogenmod-7-for-the-huawei-u8150/

]]> Comment on Tablet awesomeness by Alan http://markmwangi.me.ke/tablet-awesomeness/#comment-95 Alan Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:23:48 +0000 http://markmwangi.me.ke/?p=29#comment-95 I own an iPod Touch 3G and, while I appreciate the fact that it "just works," I hate the walled garden. The fact that Apple tells me what I can and cannot do with my hardware. Grrr. I've been lucky that all the Android devices I've ever bought have had unlocked bootloaders (never owned an HTC or Motorola, bastards!). Flash any kernel you'd like. Root it. Erase the system partition, etc. ;). Also, the Android environment is easier to tweak due to the source being open. I'm not an Android fanboy by any means, but it is a nicer place to be I think. btw, I just bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. It's a bit expensive in Kenya, but whatever. The hardware's amazing, and there will be software support for it for years to come (either official or unofficial, due to the existence of open-source CPU and GPU drivers for its hardware). It's still on Honeycomb... I can't wait to unleash Ice Cream Sandwich on it. Adios! I own an iPod Touch 3G and, while I appreciate the fact that it “just works,” I hate the walled garden. The fact that Apple tells me what I can and cannot do with my hardware. Grrr.

I’ve been lucky that all the Android devices I’ve ever bought have had unlocked bootloaders (never owned an HTC or Motorola, bastards!). Flash any kernel you’d like. Root it. Erase the system partition, etc. ;) . Also, the Android environment is easier to tweak due to the source being open. I’m not an Android fanboy by any means, but it is a nicer place to be I think.

btw, I just bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. It’s a bit expensive in Kenya, but whatever. The hardware’s amazing, and there will be software support for it for years to come (either official or unofficial, due to the existence of open-source CPU and GPU drivers for its hardware). It’s still on Honeycomb… I can’t wait to unleash Ice Cream Sandwich on it.

Adios!

]]> Comment on Best Linux Distro by Kipsang http://markmwangi.me.ke/best-linux-distro/#comment-94 Kipsang Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:39:54 +0000 http://markmwangi.me.ke/?p=60#comment-94 Ubuntu is good (especially for people starting out in Linux) but I personally recommend Mandriva (2010.2 & above). Ubuntu is good (especially for people starting out in Linux) but I personally recommend Mandriva (2010.2 & above).

]]> Comment on Best Linux Distro by Mark Mwangi http://markmwangi.me.ke/best-linux-distro/#comment-66 Mark Mwangi Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:13:02 +0000 http://markmwangi.me.ke/?p=60#comment-66 Hi Irungu, For the sound it may be the sound card has a proprietary driver and thus Ubuntu needs you to authorize it to download and install it. It also doesn't support MP3 and other formats out of the box due to copyright issues and laws but they are easily downloadable. Try Linux Mint its a variant of Ubuntu and it comes with all the codecs so even the live cd should be able to play. Hi Irungu,

For the sound it may be the sound card has a proprietary driver and thus Ubuntu needs you to authorize it to download and install it. It also doesn’t support MP3 and other formats out of the box due to copyright issues and laws but they are easily downloadable. Try Linux Mint its a variant of Ubuntu and it comes with all the codecs so even the live cd should be able to play.

]]> Comment on Best Linux Distro by irungu wachira http://markmwangi.me.ke/best-linux-distro/#comment-65 irungu wachira Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:04:49 +0000 http://markmwangi.me.ke/?p=60#comment-65 i have been using it (ubuntu 11.10 ) but as a live cd. the only problem with it is the sound. not a single player has sound let alone played any of the formats most of my files come in. how did you solve it? or do i have to fully install it? i have been using it (ubuntu 11.10 ) but as a live cd. the only problem with it is the sound. not a single player has sound let alone played any of the formats most of my files come in. how did you solve it? or do i have to fully install it?

]]> Comment on About Mwangi by Mark Mwangi http://markmwangi.me.ke/about-mwangi/#comment-14 Mark Mwangi Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:31:57 +0000 http://markmwangi.me.ke/?page_id=5#comment-14 Thanks :) Thanks :)

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