Archive for the ‘Hacks’ Category

Hacker Installs Debian on a T-Mobile G1

Posted by jeff goldman on November 12th, 2008 under Hacks • No Comments

Jay Freeman, a.k.a. saurik, has managed (and it ain't easy…) to install Debian on a T-Mobile G1 smartphone.
"If you persevere through the required steps, you'll be rewarded with a devic…

Xubuntu on Pandora

Posted by Rom Feria on September 30th, 2008 under Hacks • No Comments

The little open-platform gaming device, Pandora, is now available for pre-orders. At USD329.99, it seems like a good steal. I wish I have extra funds to get one but I am waiting for the next-gen Macbo…

SlashTop hacked

Posted by Rom Feria on July 31st, 2008 under Hacks • No Comments

I mentioned SplashTop before and whilst it looked like it was safely locked to the motherboard, the folks at Phoronix just demonstrated that it can be hacked.

This is both a good and a bad thing. G…

Accessing MobileMe from Linux

Posted by Rom Feria on July 12th, 2008 under Hacks • No Comments

Apple's MobileMe recently launched rendering the .Mac services obsolete. Whilst the new MobileMe web apps work perfectly on Safari and Firefox on Mac and Windows, it does not work on Firefox on …

Optimizing Hardy Heron

Posted by Rom Feria on July 12th, 2008 under Hacks • No Comments

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6213133

We all want our systems to be quick and responsive and with every new distribution comes new applications and new tools. So, with the new Ubuntu version,…

How to add multi-touch support

Posted by Rom Feria on June 14th, 2008 under Hacks • No Comments

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, René Mansi

Apple's Macbook Air started the multi-touch revolution in touch-pads on portable computers. Whilst you may think that it is no big deal, I'd say try…

REMIXing Ubuntu

Posted by Rom Feria on June 14th, 2008 under Hacks • No Comments

Ubuntu recently demoed their new Ubuntu Netbook Remix for small (ultra mobile/ultra portable) sub-Notebook Computers like the Asus Eee PC. Whilst it is not impossible to install Ubuntu's latest …

How to automount FUSE systems

Posted by Rom Feria on March 13th, 2008 under Hacks • No Comments

I have featured FUSE, the open source file system in user space project, several times already. However, this is the first time I have found a way to automount FUSE file systems. For this to work, y…

Speeding it up using preloading

Posted by Rom Feria on February 29th, 2008 under Hacks • No Comments

Who doesn't like a speedy computer? Whilst there are quite a number of hacks to speed up your computer, here is *another* one that has a different approach. The tool is called preload, a daemon t…

Running Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware

Posted by Rom Feria on January 26th, 2008 under Hacks • No Comments

Yesterday, a friend of mine mentioned his friend installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware and after a week of using it, ending up getting a Mac. Whilst this clearly violates the Mac OS X EULA but if …