ViewSonic G-Tablet experience

I finally did go for viewsonic g-tablet, despite allot of bad reviews I read they blame it on the OS which is true. Yes it uses android 2.2 froyo but customize by viewsonic which it sucks! The hardware and Price which decided me to have one of this.(since the OS sucks customers been returning it to the stores, so better ask for openbox/refurbish so it would be more cheaper which I forgot to do but still good price for HW I got it from SEARS)

Specs:

Processor: 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 - Dual-core
ARM Cortex-A9 CPU

Memory: 512MB DRR

Graphics & Video Support: Powered by NVIDIA TEGRA

* 10.1" TFT-LCD with LED driver system and 1024x600 resolution
* NVIDIA Tegra 2
* OpenGL ES 2.0
* 32-bit LP-DDR2, DDR2
* S1080p H.264/H.263/ VC-1/MPEG-2/4/WMV9/DiVX 4/5 Video Decode
* 1080p H.264/MPEG-4 Video Encode
* Supports multi-standard audio formats, including AAC, AMR, WMA, and MP3
* 1.3-megapixel camera

Networking & Communications:

* wifi WiFi : 802.11 b/g/n
* Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

Connections:

* USB 2.0 (Slave)
* Mini USB 2.0 (Host)
* 3.5mm stereo headphone
* Micro SD
* Dock for HDMI/Headphone/USB (optional)
* DC Input (Power)

Battery & Power:

* 3650mAh Li-ion polymer battery
* 12V Power adapter



Now the OS, since the factory OS is crappy I flash it with TNT lite 2.2.0 thanks to the people from xdadevelopers and droidpirate.Heres how I flash mine: (from http://droidpirate.com)

You may get TNT lite from http://www.droidpirate.com/download/click.php?id=1859 or http://www.mediafire.com/?7jq4l4o99xppg3t --> this one is TNT lite 2.4.0 the latest version as of this writing.

#TO Flash

Step 1 Stock Recovery: Unzip the Zip file using WinZip, WinRAR or 7Zip, you will notice you have a “Recovery Folder” and an “Update.zip” file. Copy both of those files to the root of your SD-Card or (Internal Storage) just make sure your Internal storage is around 13 Gigs.

Step 2- Reboot your device into the Recovery mode by pressing the “Volume UP” keeping that pressed hold the “Power” button as well. When you get to the ViewSonic boot image logo you should see text “Detected Recovery Image” – You can now release the buttons.

Step 3- Device will now handle everything else from here. Let the files install through Recovery sit back once completed Reboot your device.


Some tweaks to make Market and Flash work on the browser:

-Market
Go into “Settings” – “Applications” – “system Applications” and you must Force Stop both the “Market” (also Clear cache) and “Google Services Frameworks” apps.

-Flash
Download flash from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245

Step 1.
Create a folder on your SD card called APKs. Download “Adobe Flash Player 10.1.120.1.apk” and "TitaniumBackup_latest.apk" which you will find attached at the bottom of this post and save them in that “APKs” folder on your SD card.

Step 2.
On your tablet open up “ES File Explorer”. In there, open up the “APKs” folder, then select Adobe Flash Player, and follow the on screen instructions to finish installing that. After that, select Titanium Backup in that same folder, and install the same way.



Now my experience:

I use it to read ebooks using Adobe reader
I use it to check on my FB and watch flash movies.
So far yahoo messenger is the apps I use to do video call and chat. But there is bug I think that need to be address video is tilted.
I tried to install andchat and connectbot for irc and ssh it still need some tweaks.
gmail for may mail

Oh Im not a gamer but I installed angry birds just to test it and was ok.

And I haven't test security yet. That it for now.

A simple smb config in ubuntu

smb.conf

[global]
; General server settings
netbios name = YOUR_HOSTNAME
server string =
workgroup = YOUR_WORKGROUP
announce version = 5.0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

passdb backend = tdbsam
security = user
null passwords = true
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
name resolve order = hosts wins bcast

wins support = yes

printing = CUPS
printcap name = CUPS

syslog = 1
syslog only = yes

; NOTE: If you need access to the user home directories uncomment the
; lines below and adjust the settings to your hearts content.
;[homes]
;valid users = %S
;create mode = 0600
;directory mode = 0755
;browseable = no
;read only = no
;veto files = /*.{*}/.*/mail/bin/

; NOTE: Only needed if you run samba as a primary domain controller.
; Not needed as this config doesn't cover that matter.
;[netlogon]
;path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
;admin users = Administrator
;valid users = %U
;read only = no

; NOTE: Again - only needed if you're running a primary domain controller.
;[Profiles]
;path = /var/lib/samba/profiles
;valid users = %U
;create mode = 0600
;directory mode = 0700
;writeable = yes
;browseable = no

; NOTE: Inside this place you may build a printer driver repository for
; Windows - I'll cover this topic in another HOWTO.
[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
write list = root
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775

[printers]
path = /tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
browseable = no

; Uncomment if you need to share your CD-/DVD-ROM Drive
;[DVD-ROM Drive]
;path = /media/cdrom
;browseable = yes
;read only = yes
;guest ok = yes

[MyFiles]
path = /media/samba/
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = no
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755
force user = YOUR_USERNAME
force group = YOUR_USERGROUP

- Thanks to Stormbringer from ubuntu comunity

Sunday at NJ

I'm now in NJ, Church is to far from here (I'm in our staff house) no means of transpo except car so I did not hear mass may be this sat or sun. I went to walmart (thanks to Bong my roommate for driving me) to buy some prepaid sim (t-mobile) by the way you cannot buy just the sim it should be with the phone and activating your sim will go to a process its either you call the customer service or log in to there web site (http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/activateprepaid.aspx?WT.mc_n=Prepaid_Activate&WT.mc_t=Other) and fill up some questionnaire same with there customer support and thats the time your sim will be activated and you will know your cell number. They did not print the number at the back of the sim card for security reason. I bought some hygiene stuff like soap tooth paste I bought the big size cause it save if you big in big size. Below is a photo of my room.




thats it for now..

Enable telnet service on HP-UX

check if there is an entry at /etc/inetd.conf
telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/telnetd telnetd

-comment it out, then

run the command "inetd -c"

and you can verify whether the telnet is running by the command
"netstat -an | grep 23"

if there is any line is there in the output like
"tcp 0 0 *.23 *.* LISTEN"

means telnet is running.

Verify SAN Disk

Luxadm is an utility, which discovers FC devices (luxadm probe).
# luxadm probe
No Network Array enclosures found in /dev/es

Found Fibre Channel device(s):
Node WWN:200600a0b829a7a0 Device Type:Disk device
Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c4t600A0B800029A7A000000DC747A8168Ad0s2

I then run a luxadm on the device. Below you can see that I do indeed have two paths to the device.
1 controller = one path, 2 controllers = 2 paths

# luxadm display /dev/rdsk/c4t600A0B800029A7A000000DC747A8168Ad0s2
DEVICE PROPERTIES for disk: /dev/rdsk/c4t600A0B800029A7A000000DC747A8168Ad0s2
Vendor: SUN
Product ID: CSM200_R
Revision: 0619
Serial Num: SG71009283
Unformatted capacity: 12288.000 MBytes
Write Cache: Enabled
Read Cache: Enabled
Minimum prefetch: 0x1
Maximum prefetch: 0x1
Device Type: Disk device
Path(s):

/dev/rdsk/c4t600A0B800029A7A000000DC747A8168Ad0s2
/devices/scsi_vhci/ssd@g600a0b800029a7a000000dc747a8168a:c,raw
Controller /devices/pci@1f,4000/SUNW,qlc@5,1/fp@0,0
Device Address 203700a0b829a7a0,1
Host controller port WWN 210100e08bb370ab
Class secondary
State STANDBY
Controller /devices/pci@1f,4000/SUNW,qlc@5/fp@0,0
Device Address 203600a0b829a7a0,1
Host controller port WWN 210000e08b9370ab
Class primary
State ONLINE

-Check the state is online

for more details got to http://devnull.typepad.com/devnull/

Money JARS that I'm practicing

I been attending CA2020 its not the usual IT community I been attending like plug,ubuntu-ph,etc its a community of business minded people and they share how to become financially free I learn one cool stuff from them the money jar which I'm practicing. Below how it works

Short description of each one.

> Necessity Account (NEC - 55%): This account is for managing your everyday expenses and bills. This would include things like your rent, mortgage, utilities, bills, taxes, food, clothes, etc. Basically it includes anything that you need to live, the necessities.

> Financial Freedom Account (FFA - 10%):The money that you put into this jar is used for investments and building your passive income streams. You never spend this money. The only time you would spend this money is once you become financially free. Even then you would only spend the returns on your investment. Never spend the principal or else you’ll go broke!

> Education Account (EDU - 10%): Money in this jar is meant to further your education and personal growth. An investment in yourself is a great way to use your money.

>Long Term Saving for Spending Account (LTSS - 10%): The money in this jar is for the bigger nice to have purchases.

> Play Account (PLAY - 10%):PLAY money is spent every month on purchases you wouldn’t normally make. The purpose of this jar is to nurture yourself. You could purchase an expensive bottle of wine at dinner, get a massage or go on a weekend getaway. Play can be anything your heart desires.

> Give Account (GIVE - 5%): The money in this account is for giving away.When you give your money or time you’re sending a sign of abundance to the Universe. You’re telling the Universe that you have plenty of everything, you’re abundant. Giving signals abundance. This will magnetically attract more abundance to you.

How the JARS Work

Test web server is up

Finally I got my test web server up using dyndns, they have mature and more user friendly or its just me (lol!) anyway I'll be playing with this for a couple of mons. and test some apps. url myturf.homelinux.org

Happy New Year!

I'll try to post more blogs this year, been busy with Facebook.hehehe