[maemo-users] New 810 user - a few questions

[From: Mike Sherman]

Luca Olivetti <luca at ventoso.org> wrote:

>En/na Mike Sherman ha escrit:
>> Hello,
>> I'm a new user.  I just got an N810 not two days ago.
>> 
>> One of the apps I really wanted is gnumeric spreadsheet.  Now
>> I see it in the OS2007 listing but not on the OS2008 list and
>> it doesn't appear in the package manager.  Can you run OS2007
>> apps on an OS2008 system, or does it have to be rebuilt for
>> OS2008?
>
>There are exceptions, but normally an app has to be rebuilt, however 
>Nick told you how to get gnumeric (but he didn't tell you that the 
>maemo-extras-devel is for experimental and possibly buggy software, so 
>you should disable it once you have installed gnumeric)

Thanks, I disabled it immediately after installing gnumeric.
 
>> Also, I installed the FM radio applet.  It appears to work
>> but no sound!  Is there something that needs to be enabled?
>
>There's no fm receiver on the n810, only on the n800

I must have been confusing the 700 & 800.  I remembered one had
the radio they didn't tell you about it.  

Not a problem.  I'd rather have the GPS :-)

>Bye
>-- 
>Luca

Thanks,
-Mike

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  Mike Sherman	                          <mike.sherman at earthlink.net>