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Tuber, my understanding is that laptop-mode-tools only controls your hard disk, spindown time, that type of thing. Many of the items on amnixel's list aren't for the hdd.

I've also noticed the brightness and volume modifier keys don't work. Can i map them the same way, or is there another way to do it?

I suppose it depends on the situation shengchieh, but I would wager that most people who attempt to use Photoshop on Linux do so because it is the best tool for the job, and GIMP is not overkill, but actually lacking.

There seems to be a plethora of guides online to get it working, and it's a popular enough program that relying on it running in Wine is not such a bad thing.

Whats that media player on the left loukingjr? Good job with the theme!

Not quite Vansgo, cb-welcome always 'works'. It's that your minsunderstanding it's purpose.

As VastOne says, it's just running an update to get the latest packages. But it's not changing any of the settings you already have. So for example if you have the tint2 theme from 2010, running cb-welcome won't update it to the 2011 theme. And thats what the original post was about, from what I can tell.

Definitely going to try out RetroBlazer, thanks for the link ominousG!

Personally I like to play Minecraft, Stone Soup (a roguelike), and Vex. Starting to get into Dwarf Fortress, but it's a little tough right now.

It's funny, I used to really be into AAA videogames, the latest and greatest etc, but I can definitely have just as much if not more fun playing roguelikes and Minecraft. I own an Xbox, so I have some games on there. But primarily, I've found theres nothing wrong with some of the more 'retro' games.

Plus when you can do that, you suddenly have no need for a great computer, and can focus on other attributes that you like (for example the battery life of a notebook, weight, size, or price). It's more than a little freeing.

Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth ... pretty mellow actually, considering the song tries to be fairly upbeat.

On the topic you guys have been discussing, I think there is two different ways to listen to music :

1) On a nice set of headphones, perhaps with the lights turned down low, listening to a high quality recording,

2) At a small concert.

Large venues where you just watch the band on the screen really does nothing. On the other hand, smaller venues where your only a few feet from the band, is a different experience.

I've been to my share of concerts, but at the same time I definitely enjoy my time just relaxing with my headphones.

Aha, thanks all Glad to see the #! community hasn't changed it's tone.

@Unia & Jinnstar

it's not about whether unrevoked supports 2.2.1, its whether it can permanently root the wildfire at 2.2.1, the answer is no. As I said, there is no solution to a permanent root currently.

See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976914

Basically if you just watch the development thread for the phone at XDA Developers, you'll know what available as far as rooting, roms, etc. Thats where any android rooting or rom development happens, and where all these utilities like unrevoked spawn from.

There are some benefits to rooting you might not consider.
The biggest for me was alternative interfaces to the phone.

Sure every android phone is running android, but different manufacturers put a different skin on top. It's like the difference between gnome and kde or xfce.

Sometimes though, the interfaces you can get from the modding community are really high quality, and a lot better than stock. MIUI is a great one if you want to look it up. It's like the difference between gnome and openbox. Not that MIUI is lighter, its just that much different.

Other useful features include adblocking from all applications, not just the web browser, application and info backup (a complete backup, which you can then flash back on to any phone easily), and tweaking cpu settings, ram settings, and undervolting / overclocking. If your running an older phone, overclocking can make a huge difference, and doesn't run the risk of damaging hardware due to built in monitors. Undervolting on the other hand will give you much longer battery life.

Sometimes the tweaks are the biggest thing though. You can imagine that a manufacturer doesn't want to spend a tonne of time getting their phone to the best performance it could be at. They want acceptable, and then push it out.

These tweaks are specific to each phone, and can really make a huge difference. With the Galaxy S Captivate (the phone I own), I can give you some examples. Samsung used the RFS+ filesystem, which is really just fat32 plus some overhead. This slowed the phone down so much because for every write request, the phone wrote right then. Opening applications or the application drawer got progressively slower the more you had.  Custom roms on the other hand use EXT2 and/or EXT4, which bundles the writes and suddenly the entire phone performed better.

Another example is the battery life. On an average day I'd get maybe 8 hours battery. Once I switched to a custom rom, I was looking at ~20 hours.  That is a huge jump that most phones experience, and is definitely something worth rooting for.

And finally, the Captivate has a really nice Wolfson audio chip in it. It's a very high end chip, but it wasn't being utilized fully. If you get a custom rom, you can install a kernel with 'Voodoo Sound' which installs an interface to the chip enabling higher quality output, EQ, and better microphone recording. Once you listen to music with voodoo sound (provided you have a good pair of headphones), it's impossible to go back.

In short, rooting and flashing a new rom don't only provide the conventional benefits, they also fix hardware and software problems, and allow for much more control of your system. Often times you don't realize how much rooting does for you until you do it, and then start finding the apps which require root.

I recommend it to everyone, as it's come to the point where any phone that can be rooted and is older than a month or two can be rooted with a 'one-click' method, which is dead simple and near impossible to screw up. Certainly, if you can run linux, you can root your phone. And on top of that, it is very easy to get it back to 100% stock on most phones, so if you need to take it in for warrenty it's not a big deal.