Customizing Maemo
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This article will someday describe how everybody can customize Maemo 5 to make it as personal as possible. Discussion on t.m.o concerning customization in [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=32845 this thread].
This article will someday describe how everybody can customize Maemo 5 to make it as personal as possible. Discussion on t.m.o concerning customization in [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=32845 this thread].
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= For beginners =
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== Themes ==
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Available themes can be installed straight from Application Manager. If you want to make your own theme, see below.
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= For power users =
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== Wallpapers ==
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== Led notifications ==
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There is already [http://www.n900wallpapers.com/ n900wallpapers.com] for wallpapers. Unfortunately, you need a .desktop-file if you want to configure panoramic wallpapers for now.
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There will be an application for wallpaper handling to be released (hopefully) soon. See [http://www.n900wallpapers.com/prismic Prismic wallpaper manager]
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== Shortcut to multiple desktops ==
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Use the same shortcut twice on the desktops can be useful. In order to do it, you have to manually modify appropiate .desktop file by adding the "X-Multiple=true" entry into the file. See [[Desktop file format]] for further information.
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== Welcome screen ==
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It is possible to edit hildon-welcome. A howto is available [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=347925&postcount=9 here]. Examples: [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=347794&postcount=1 "Open source. Open heart. Open future."], [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=350710&postcount=1 "The Power of Open."]
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== Advanced customization ==
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'''DISCLAIMER: Following instructions are only for [http://wiki.maemo.org/Category:Power_users Power users], and operations are potentially dangerous. Please see [[General precautions]] for further information.'''
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=== Led notifications ===
Detailed description for modifying LED -notifications can be found in [[LED patterns]] -article.
Detailed description for modifying LED -notifications can be found in [[LED patterns]] -article.
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== Themes ==
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=== Themes ===
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Available themes can be installed straight from Application Manager. If you want to make your own theme, see below.
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There is an application for making themes to Maemo OS2008. This will be updated as soon as possible to cover also N900 and Maemo5. See article [[Maemo Theme Maker HOWTO]]
There is an application for making themes to Maemo OS2008. This will be updated as soon as possible to cover also N900 and Maemo5. See article [[Maemo Theme Maker HOWTO]]
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== Wallpapers ==
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=== Wallpapers ===
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There is already [http://www.n900wallpapers.com/ n900wallpapers.com] for wallpapers. Unfortunately, you need a .desktop-file if you want to configure panoramic wallpapers.
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If you want to make panoramic wallpapers of your own, you need to create a .desktop -file and put it to same directory where your pictures are.
Example of a .desktop -file:
Example of a .desktop -file:
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There will be an application for wallpaper handling to be released (hopefully) soon. See [http://www.n900wallpapers.com/prismic Prismic wallpaper manager]
 
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== Shortcut to multiple desktops ==
 
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'''DISCLAIMER: This is for [http://wiki.maemo.org/Category:Power_users Power users], and operations are potentially dangerous. Please see [[General precautions]] for further information.'''
 
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Use the same shortcut twice on the desktops can be useful. In order to do it, you have to manually modify appropiate .desktop file by adding the "X-Multiple=true" entry into the file. See [[Desktop file format]] for further information.
 
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== Welcome screen ==
 
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It is possible to edit hildon-welcome. A howto is available [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=347925&postcount=9 here]. Examples: [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=347794&postcount=1 "Open source. Open heart. Open future."], [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=350710&postcount=1 "The Power of Open."]
 
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== Advanced customization ==
 
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Here will be a section of advanced customization for power users. Those operations are always potentionally dangerous!
 
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[[Category:Beginners]]
[[Category:Beginners]]
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[[Category:Power users]]

Revision as of 11:49, 20 January 2010

This article will someday describe how everybody can customize Maemo 5 to make it as personal as possible. Discussion on t.m.o concerning customization in this thread.

Contents

Themes

Available themes can be installed straight from Application Manager. If you want to make your own theme, see below.

Wallpapers

There is already n900wallpapers.com for wallpapers. Unfortunately, you need a .desktop-file if you want to configure panoramic wallpapers for now.

There will be an application for wallpaper handling to be released (hopefully) soon. See Prismic wallpaper manager

Shortcut to multiple desktops

Use the same shortcut twice on the desktops can be useful. In order to do it, you have to manually modify appropiate .desktop file by adding the "X-Multiple=true" entry into the file. See Desktop file format for further information.

Welcome screen

It is possible to edit hildon-welcome. A howto is available here. Examples: "Open source. Open heart. Open future.", "The Power of Open."

Advanced customization

DISCLAIMER: Following instructions are only for Power users, and operations are potentially dangerous. Please see General precautions for further information.

Led notifications

Detailed description for modifying LED -notifications can be found in LED patterns -article.

Themes

There is an application for making themes to Maemo OS2008. This will be updated as soon as possible to cover also N900 and Maemo5. See article Maemo Theme Maker HOWTO

Wallpapers

If you want to make panoramic wallpapers of your own, you need to create a .desktop -file and put it to same directory where your pictures are.

Example of a .desktop -file: 

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Background Image
Name=Deers
Hidden=true

X-File1=/home/user/MyDocs/.images/deer1.png
X-File2=/home/user/MyDocs/.images/deer2.png
X-File3=/home/user/MyDocs/.images/deer3.png
X-File4=/home/user/MyDocs/.images/deer4.png

X-Order=01
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