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Software / Essential Z Software Megapost!

« on: January 11, 2006, 08:57:02 pm »

TextMaker: Word processing with all desktop features of MS Word and combatible to .doc.
Commercial 49.95$
Trial version also aviable.

TextMaker
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I had a look at TextMaker and it's so much more full-featured than Hancom Word. Am using the demo (no .doc or .rtf saving) right now. My wife and I are editors/writers and we needed an app with full support for styles and formatting.

... but $50 is steep. Really steep. I don't know if it's worth that much, or if it's just better to deal with the shortcomings of Hancom Word.

As for software, I'm reliant on a lot of what's already been mentioned and linked: Kismet, Gaim, qpdf, KDE-PIM/Pi (with KPhone) and Kino 2.
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Textmaker has been coming up on Ebay lately, in Linux (desktop version) form no less. I scored a copy for just $4.99, then asked the nice people at Textmaker if I could have the .ipk version and they obliged!!

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General Discussion / Low Mem When Online

« on: January 11, 2006, 01:32:35 pm »

I believe qswap can only be installed in main memory?? If not, try a reinstallation.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Cheap Usb Cable For Sl-cxx00?

« on: January 10, 2006, 05:30:48 pm »

I was browsing WalMart today. They had a PSP Charge and connection cable for just $4.97 that looked like it might both charge and sync the sl-cxx00 series.
Has anyone tried it, or is it possible to charge and sync simultaneously?

This is the cable, though they have a higher price on it here:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3650775
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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Killing Seemingly Frozen Programs? Sl-cxxxx Model

« on: January 10, 2006, 05:24:48 pm »

Thanks again. Downloaded the .ipk via the Zaurus, installed, now working like a charm.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Killing Seemingly Frozen Programs? Sl-cxxxx Model

« on: January 10, 2006, 04:10:56 pm »

If you prefer something with a GUI (and who doesn't?) you might want to try Process Manager:
http://www.linux-solutions.at/projects/zau...ss-Manager.html
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Thanks for the help.
Here's a newby question: when I go to the "Top" page or "process Manager" and select the .ipk file for download, it downloads as .tar in both cases. Is this normal? In which case, what do I do to install .tar files on my sl-c1000. I have a WinXP desktop only btw.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Killing Seemingly Frozen Programs? Sl-cxxxx Model

« on: January 10, 2006, 12:13:56 am »

So, I have a pretty new sl-c1000 running a quite stock english-flashed qtopia ROM and very few add-on programs(qswap.....32Mb swap on SD Card, TextMaker).
I find that the machine tends to hang when doing certain specific tasks. A good example of this is when I am trying to load a large web-page  (using Netfront 3.1), but there are other, less predictable hangs. It's NOT just a case of waiting for the large page to load, I give it lots of time. It's more a question of the processor seeming to be stuck in some repetitive routine which goes nowhere.
So, I can't seem to find any easy way to kill such a program from running.....short of a soft reset anyway. Does anyone have suggestions to: a) prevent it from getting "stuck" in the first place, .....or  an easy way to shut down a process/program, short of a reset??
Many thanks for any input.