AlaskaLinuxUser's Scratchpad

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. - Proverbs 16:3

OmniRom boot animation

Boot animations are the logo, picture, or movie that plays as your Android phone boots up.

Here is a simple boot animation that I made for OmniRom. It has an old school 1985 feel to it.

It is 1080x1920 resolution.

Be sure to rename it bootanimation.zip and put it …

JWM Theme Friday!

As you can see from the posts below, it was a standard Friday event to post a new JWM theme. Fewer and fewer people are using JWM, and so no new regular postings will be made of JWM files. However, the JWM files listed below are still available, if you …

Setting up the sound on my Linux phone.

To be honest, it doesn't sound like something that should be very complicated, but it is. These days, with pulseaudio, you can usually have your sound system set up for you right out of the box. When you are using Linux that is expanded on your Android phone however, things …

JWM Theme Friday!

Every Friday you will see a new JWM theme posted here, including the .jwmrc file and a screenshot, so check back here on Fridays for the new theme. You can readily find the background images off of the internet. Be sure to check that the font file is a font …

Using Android developement bridge in Linux

Hi all, just a quick lowdown on how to utilize the adb tool in Linux. Enjoy!

Of course, the first step is to install adb.

# aptitude update

# aptitude search android |grep adb
i android-tools-adb - Android Debug Bridge CLI tool

# aptitude install android-tools-adb

You now also need to set "developer mode …

JWM Theme Friday!

Every Friday you will see a new JWM theme posted here, including the .jwmrc file and a screenshot, so check back here on Fridays for the new theme. You can readily find the background images off of the internet. Be sure to check that the font file is a font …

JWM Theme Friday!

Every Friday you will see a new JWM theme posted here, including the .jwmrc file and a screenshot, so check back here on Fridays for the new theme. You can readily find the background images off of the internet. Be sure to check that the font file is a font …

How to make XRDP look better

One of the things I do on a regular basis is use rdesktop to log into another computer (or cell phone) through xrdp. It is simple and works very well, as well as being very simple to set up. While not really a problem, I got bored of looking at …