Customizing Maemo
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.
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Editing home
Through the Edit mode of the Home screen it is possible to:
* Add/move/delete widgets/shortcuts/contacts/bookmarks on the desktop * Change the the number of desktop home views (1-4 views are available) * Change background of the home (either for individual view or for all home views simultaneously through wallpaper sets) * Change active theme of the device (out of the themes available/installed on the device)
Entering the edit mode happens by long tapping the home screen or by tapping the home screen background once and then tapping the Edit mode button which slides down at the top right corner of the home screen.
Themes
Available themes can be installed straight from Application Manager. If you want to make your own theme, see below. See also article Themes.
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
Also see http://wiki.maemo.org/Customizing_Maemo#Wallpapers_2
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
Transitions
Transition Control is an application which allows you to change various transition effects of the phone. Another approach is to edit the /usr/share/hildon-desktop/transitions.ini file (root access is needed)
Keyboard characters
Application Menu
Remote WLAN Access To Root / System Files
for easy file manipulation
1. install the following apps/software
n900 end: (all these apps are in extras repos)
mad developer - this will request password when installing (WRITE DOWN / TAKE NOTE OF PASSWORD !!)
rootsh
for pc end:
winscp (http://winscp.net/)
2. open winscp and put the WLAN ip address shown in mad developer in the 'host name'
3. user name "root", password "(password created during ssh install)"
4. save > login
5. you should now have access!!