Shell Commands (X-Term) - apt-get will be probably the most used command you will need in this. Firstly apt-get update this will check the repositorys you have listed for the latest updates and refresh the catalogs on your phone, this is to be used in conjuntion with apt-get upgrade Upgrade, incase you didnt guess is to update the operating system and programs on the phone.

This needs to be executed as the ROOT user, so you will need rootsh installed or you can type sudo in infront of every command to achieve same thing, eg sudo apt-get update If you have rootsh install then to get to execute commands as root user type in sudo gainroot If you want to install rootsh then you will need to enable the EXTRAS repository and install openssh, when installing it will....

ask you to input a password, *NOTE make sure this is something that you will remember* once it is installed you can then use the sudo gainroot command in the terminal (X-Term)

More APT stuff.... To install packages type in the following command apt-get install PACKAGE-NAME eg apt-get install unrar this will then install the appropriate package that you specified, sometime this will fail saying that there are dependancy packages missing, to get around this type in the following command apt-get -f install this will install the packages that are needed and the...

package that you was initially trying to install.

To remove installed packages, apt-get remove *PACKAGE-NAME eg apt-get remove unrar this will uninstall the package from the device. Sometimes this will cause an error if other packages are using the files that are also installed in the package, for this the solution is to use the following command, apt-get autoremove this will remove the files that arent needed leaving the files that are.

APT-GET Update Errors - sometimes when you have been adding packages or repositorys to the device you will get an error when the command !apt-get update is issued, this can usually be fixed with the following command - apt-get -f update - This forces the repository lists to refresh from new so the error that was being recieved is now gone.

Once openssh has been install, I would recommend the installation of putty on your computer for those who use wireless networks at home. This will basically give you shell access to your phone over your local network at home and basically same thing as using X-Term on the phone except it easier to type on the computer....

(ALSO can be fun when someone playing on your phone and you want it back or your GF too busy on facebook or playing games.... the command reboot should work anywhere that the phone is in range.... you just need the local IP address of the device *can usually be pulled off the router or by a widget on desktop that will show it* It will usually be 192.168.x.x where x is a number upto 255

Putty Stand-alone program (not installed so save on dekstop to run) http://is.gd/9XdIe - Putty Installer (runs and installs like normal apps, it just the standalone installer just installed to program files and shortcuts created like normal progs) http://is.gd/9XdRK

Activating the repositorys - ***WARNING This could lead you to having an expensive paperweight untill you get it reset!!!!

Once you have read the above warning and think you will be ok or just plain crazy like me and do it for the fun of it.... Go to your App Manager, press the top bar (where it says Application Manager) and select Application catalogues - REMEMBER PROCEED WITH CAUTION! You will see a list of the current repositorys on the phone there, Click the NEW button, Now this is where you add the repositorys...

Catalogue Name - Maemo Extras - web address - http://repository.maemo.org/extras - Distribution - Fremantle - Components - free non-free

Catalogue Name - Maemo Testing - web address - http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing - Distribution - Fremantle - Components - free non-free

**Extreme Caution With this 1 as it is for apps in development.... Catalogue Name - Maemo Devel - web address - http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel - Distribution - Fremantle - Components - free non-free

Catalogue Name - My-Maemo - web address - http://my-maemo.com/repository/ - Distribution - fremantle - Components - user

REMEMBER ADD THESE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

USEFULL APPS to install - openssh, unrar (termial only), untar (termial only), wget (termial only), nano (config and txt editor comparable to notepad on windows) (termial only), camkeyd (App Manager), fAPN and FMMS (to enable MMS sending and recieving) (App Manager), Headphone daemon (pauses music when headphones unplugged) (App Manager), HomeIP (Desktop Widget to show your IP - Putty) (App Man)

LED Pattern Editor (Change the colours and light flashing sequence for messages etc) (App Man), Midnight Commander (Shell (X-Term) File Manager) (App Manager) Unzip Add-on For Filemanager (App Man) AutoDisconnect (Closes open connetions after specified time of inactivity) (App Man)

More to come later, but feel free to add to this in mean time. Please also add any usefull sites and anything added, please indicate how or where to get them from as above eg (terminal) (App Man) etc etc and any repositorys you have added in above format for easy input and adding.