Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000 Instruction Manual page 18

my Zaurus SL-C3000 and SL-C3100
These are very useful runtimes and often, other useful services or applications depend on having
these runtimes:
runtimes
samba - allows sharing of files over network
jeode - java runtime
perl - perl interpreter
bvdd - enhanced video driver
mplayer - media player supporting many video formats
xqt-gtk-jumbo - X windows system for Qtopia
debian-pocketworkstation - embedded fully functional Debian environment
These command line tools are very important. They provide funtionality that one would expect from
any OS nowadays.
command line tools
vim or pico - console text editors
file - tells you the file type according to mime settings
dos2unix - fixes return characters between DOS and UNIX systems
unzip - allows you to unzip files
zip - allows you to create zip files
bzip2 - uses the newer and highly more compressable bzip2 format
wget - command line http client
openssh-client - secure terminal client
applications
qpdf2-freetype - pdf reader
yedit - text editor
visualq - graphics editor
qazoo - yahoo messenger clone
zicic - irc client
kino2 - mplayer frontend
firefox - mozilla browser
thunderbird - mozilla email client
openoffice - open source office application
Some tweaking of the look and feel is also required. The default Qtopia theme shipped by Sharp is
not very pretty (depends on taste). Changing the theme to something like Crystal-Blue will make it
look much better. There are several themes to choose from out of the box, but many more themes
can be downloaded and installed.
In addition, the default icons and background can be changed also. Install some icon packages and
get some nice backgrounds. zicons-wmtux contains my favourite icons. There are also plenty of
nice backgrounds. Plasterer can be used to ensure that the background looks consistent even
when the screen is rotated. Finally, replace the ugly default screensaver with LUSScreensaver.
More details on how to do all this is described in details later.
Installing Packages
Packages can be installed and uninstalled via the Package Installer tool (qinstall) under the Settings
tab. By default, the Zaurus installs applications to main memory which is the /hdd2 partition on a
C3000 and the /home partition on a C3100. You can also install applications to your SD or CF card
as well if the application allows it. Some applications can only be installed to main memory, wheras
others allow you to either install to SD or CF as well if they are formatted as ext2 or ext3. There are
also applications that can be installed to SD or CF cards that have a FAT filesystem.
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