David Fass wrote: > Just wondering, is there any hope for stable applications on the 770, > or has that boat sailed? I use AbiWord, which crashes at random > moments. I use the default browser which also crashes at random > moments. The computer frequently decides to restart itself at random > moments. The bluetooth connection goes on and off; the wireless > connection goes on and off. > > Is this just stuff that people live with? It confuses me. I have the > latest operating system. Anything else I can do to make this device > more usable? I'm leaning toward replacing it with one of those Asus > things when the prices come down, cause the flakiness is annoying me. > Thanks for any tips. -- Dave > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > The new version of AbiWord will have support for 2008 and probably 2007, but I'm not sure if it will work on 2006 - I have still to test and futz with that. (Yes, the version available now for Maemo is pretty buggy, I know. The new one should be a lot better.) Other folks have better suggestions for the rest (the wifi patch, etc) Ryan -- Ryan Pavlik AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer, Art Lead: www.abisource.com AbiWord Community Outreach Project: www.cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/ "Optimism is the father that leads to achievement." -- Helen Keller "The folder structure in a modern Linux distribution such as Ubuntu was largely inspired by the original UNIX foundations that were created by men with large beards and sensible jumpers." -- Jono Bacon, The Ubuntu Guide
