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Debian Linux (Maemo) on the Nokia 770

These pages will be filled with random things related to the Nokia 770 internet tablet running the Debian Linux derivate Maemo.
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Debian Linux on an IBM Thinkpad T43p

This document describes how to install Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) on an IBM Thinkpad T43p. Since I don't have time to write everything in one session, nor am I finished twiddling around with the setup of the notebook, this is work in progress.

Note: after a while I actually switched to Debian unstable (sid), since I've been using it for a long time on desktop machines. In case some software I use is not in sarge yet, I'll point that out. The installation procedure still applies to sarge, as does the kernel related information since it's pretty much independent from the distribution used.
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A port of Winzig for the Nokia 770

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Winzig is a suite of PIM style applications written in Python/GTK. It works not only on the Nokia 770 but also on desktop Linux installations and even on Windows.

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A port of otpCalc for the Nokia 770

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otpCalc is an RFC2289 and RFC1760 compliant OTP and S/Key calculator, usable for example to generate one time passwords to authenticate against services running OPIE (English mini-HowTo #1 and #2, German HowTo).

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Finding the right StartupWMClass for .desktop files (outdated, ITOS2005 only)

If an application doesn't show up in the Nokia 770's task navigator, the reason is usually it's missing or wrong StartupWMClass setting in the .desktop file, usually found somewhere in

/var/lib/install/etc/others-menu/extra_applications/<application>.desktop

Luckily, finding the proper setting is usually rather easy:

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