MWKN Weekly News for Monday, 19 Sep 2011

Front Page Long time community member Gary Birkett (lcuk) dies, aged 36 The MWKN Staff is saddened to report on the passing of Gary Birkett (known to many as lcuk) earlier this week. Gary was a great friend to us and – as the outpouring of feelings and memories from the community attests – well known and well regarded within the community in general. Gary was an enthusiastic developer who burst onto the Maemo scene around the time of the Amsterdam Summit; he made it his mission to create the fastest drawing on the N810 possible.

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maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.38

A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-09-12 through 2011-09-18 As of 2011-09-19 Extras contains: total items 2723 ( 20) total open items 998 ( 8) open bugs 571 ( 5) critical/blocker 43 ( 1) “easyfix” 6 “moreinfo” 5 “crash” 2 “patch” 4 reopened 6 ( 1) unconfirmed 342 ( 1) open enhancements 427 ( 3) “easyfix” 3 ( 2) “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 ( 1) unconfirmed 184 ( 2) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (6%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (5%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (2%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ (+1 this week) (2%) 7938 [BlueMaemo] Connection dies immediately on Mac OS X 10.4.11 (new this week) Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free. Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes : (6%) 8224 [Hermes] Support for getting orkut contact details with Hermes (5%) 5453 [Hermes] Add google as a source for contact information (feature request) (5%) 7738 [FM Radio] Scan and auto-preset feature (5%) 5823 [Personal GPRS Monitor] programmable auto-reset (4%) 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo (4%) 5452 [Hermes] Don’t overwrite pre-existing contact info (3%) 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format (+1 this week) (3%) 11976 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] viewing sms conversations in portrait mode without horizontal scrolling (patch) (-1 this week) (2%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file Please visit Bugzilla to vote.

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Gary Birkett: A Community Heart

Some of us like to think that systems and data and processes are the bones, brains and blood of any venture.  And for the most part that’s true.  But what body can thrive without a heart? This isn’t just rhetorical.  The question came up for me a few days ago when I received the devastating news that a very good friend had passed away.  image courtesy Kathy Smith Gary Birkett was no ordinary acquaintance for me.  I first encountered him online in the maemo.org community, when Maemo was still pulsing with fresh interest and (despite occasional lapses) Nokia seemed strongly behind the mobile Linux effort.  Gary showed up as “ lcuk ” in early 2008 and began peppering the discussion forum with unusual questions and wild ideas.  He exhibited an amazingly deep and broad understanding of graphics software and hardware, so deep that even with my own background in the fields he lost me easily.  I think that was true for many in the community.  His useful knowledge and friendly manner made him an instant hit in Maemo circles. He wasn’t a prolific forum poster, but made up for that lack with a persistent presence on IRC.  It didn’t seem to matter what time or day, or that I am in Texas and he was in Manchester, England– whenever I signed on, there he was.  Always greeting new arrivals and sometimes pulling me into impromptu private conversations about nothing and everything.

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mmmaudiowidget

/ 0 votes – 11 downloads Updated 2011-09-16 13:00 UTC – Stable Quality Free & Open Source license Simple homescreen widget playing sound for pranks Simple widget for homescreen allowing user to select sounds and play them after clicking on buttons (number and size of buttons is also configurable) Author Bartosz Miśkiewicz Links Homepage

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Cleven – an aircrack-ng UI

/ 0 votes – 2 downloads Updated 2011-09-16 09:00 UTC – Stable Quality Free & Open Source license Cleven is a user interface of aircrack-ng for the N900. DISCLAIMER: This program is intended for learning purposes only.

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Cleven – an aircrack-ng UI

/ 0 votes – 2 downloads Updated 2011-09-16 09:00 UTC – Stable Quality Free & Open Source license Cleven is a user interface of aircrack-ng for the N900. DISCLAIMER: This program is intended for learning purposes only. I do not condone hacking and wouldn’t be held responsible for your actions.

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macchanger

/ 0 votes – 4 downloads Updated 2011-09-16 07:30 UTC – Stable Quality Free & Open Source license A GNU/Linux utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces. Official website: http://www.alobbs.com/macchanger/ Authors Gregory Douguet , Alexander Kozhevnikov Links Homepage

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macchanger

/ 0 votes – 4 downloads Updated 2011-09-16 07:30 UTC – Stable Quality Free & Open Source license A GNU/Linux utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces. Official website: http://www.alobbs.com/macchanger/ Authors Gregory Douguet , Alexander Kozhevnikov Links Homepage

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APT Woodchuck

A couple of weeks ago, I was chatting with Michael Banck about DebConf. He told me that one of the sponsors provided everyone a SIM card with 5 units of credit, and that the first time he established a data connection was also his last: he got bit by Maemo’s automatic repository update misfeature ; because, he had gone more than 24 hours without checking for software updates, Maemo checked even though he was using a cellular data connection and only had a few megabytes worth of data transfer credit. A simple workaround for this bug is to disable updates .

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QRadio

/ 0 votes – 15 downloads Updated 2011-09-11 11:30 UTC – Stable Quality Free & Open Source license A Qt written FM Radio.

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