Please read [1] for requirement when using Spirit. Currently, the version of iTunes used should be iTune 9 earlier than 9.2. The firmware’s version should be 3.1.2, 3.1.3 or 3.2.

My iPod which I use in this tutorial is: iPod touch 8G 3.1.3(7E18) Model (MC086ZP). The Linux I used is Fedora 12.

Okay, let’s go!

1. Synchronise with iTunes

As what we usually do. This step is highly recommended by Spirit.

2. Dowload Spirit jaibreak for Linux and compile it

Get the source code

$ git clone http://github.com/posixninja/spirit-linux.git

Install depended development packages

$ sudo yum install libplist-devel libimobiledevice-devel

You may need to install other development packages such as make, gcc etc.

Build spirit

$ cd spirit-linux
$ make

3. Set iPod to not Auto-lock

In Settings->General->Auto-lock, select never.

4. Connect iPod touch to the Linux box with cable

5. jailbreak it

$ ./spirit

6. iPod will reboot

The jailbreak work will start. Wait for a few minutes.

7. Done

Congratulations! Now, look for the Cydia icon. My favourite applications are Terminal and OpenSSH. Remember to change the password of root and mobile users for security.

Reference:

[1] http://www.spiritjb.com/

• Setting up Stable Xen Dom0 with Fedora: Xen 3.4.2 with Xenified Linux Kernel 2.6.32.13 in Fedora 12
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• Speeding up Firefox on Linux

First create a new mailbox by select:

Menu -> Communic. -> Messaging -> Optioins -> Settings -> E-mail -> Options -> New mailbox -> Start

Allow connection? select NO. This is the most important part. Otherwise, we will be lead to install Nokia Messaging again.

E-mail address: your email address

Password: password

User name: user name

Then you will get a message that the account can’t be defined. It will ask us for the email client:

Select POP3/IMAP in the next screen:

You will get a wizard after that:

Then just follow the wizard and you will set up a email account using POP3 or IMAP.

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1. Pipe-lining network connection

Most of us use a broad band width network, then why not pip line the connection from Firefox?

Type “about:config” into the address line and enter.

Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining.ssl” to “true”
Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 25. This number means how many requests Firefox can make at most. It depends on the network. I am a crazy guy and I set it to 50 in my browser.

2. No waiting before action

Type “about:config” into the address line and enter.

Right-click on the page and select New-> Integer.
Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

3. Put cache into memory

If your memory is larger than 1GB, you can try this method. If you experience problem, please change it back. (delete browser.cache.disk.parent_directory)

Type “about:config” into the address line and enter.

Right-click on the page and select New-> String.

Name it “browser.cache.disk.parent_directory” and set its value to “/dev/shm/ffcache“. The Cache of Firefox will be putinto /dev/shm/ffcache/Cache.

4. Diable IPv6 support

If you experience very slow DNS lookup in Firefox, you can try to disable IPv6 support in Firefox and Linux if you don’t use it:

For Firefox:

Type “about:config” into the address line and enter.
Set “network.dns.disableIPv6″ to “true”

For Linux:

I test it on Fedora 12. On other systems, the configuration may be different.

# cp /etc/modprobe.d/dist.conf /tmp/dist.conf.bak0
# echo “alias net-pf-10 off” >> /etc/modprobe.d/dist.conf
# echo “alias ipv6 off” >> /etc/modprobe.d/dist.conf

Then restart you Firefox and try whether Firefox is faster and enjoy it :)

• Speed up firefox dns lookup
• Keep Firefox open after closing the last tab
• My favorite Firefox add-ons and theme

But unfortunately, Firefox will close after we closing the last tab as default in version 3.5. But the good news is that this behaviour is configurable  through Firefox’s configuration editor. Now, let’s open it:

Type in this into the address bar and hit enter:

about:config

Firefox will warn us changing these configuration may be harmful. Okay, tell it we’ll be careful by clicking the button.

The type in this in to the filter field:

LastTab

You will find this item with name:

browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab

That’s exactly what we are looking for! Double click it to change it’s value to “false”.
Okay, that’s it. Close this tab now and try closing all the tabs by using lots of “CTRL + w”. See what? Firefox is still there open even after we closing the last tab.

• Speeding up Firefox on Linux
• Speed up firefox dns lookup
• My favorite Firefox add-ons and theme

The interface is simple, but it can provides most of the functions:
* Writing post.
* Select categories.
* Add tags.
* Load and Edit the old post.
And it can provides the convenient “Spell Check” function.

It is already in Fedora’s repository, so installing it is straight forward:

# yum install lekhonee-gnome

Before using it, first go to the Writing Settings to enable XML-RPC publishing protocol. For example, in this blog the address is: http://blog.zhiqiangma.info/wp-admin/options-writing.php

lekhonee will add a message under the post to tell the word that the post is written in lekhonee. If you find it annoying, it can be closed easily by unchecking “Edit -> lekhonee msg”.

Let’s have a try and enjoy it ;)

[1] https://fedorahosted.org/lekhonee/

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1. Linux

My favourite addon for minimizing to tray is FireTray[1]. It works perfect under thunderbird. But it can also be added to firefox, sunbird, seamonkey 2 and songbird. It allows to set up custom icon, minimizing to tray instead of closing and display the number of unread messages. A screen shot on my laptop:

2. Windows

The addon for Thunderbird on Windows is MinimizeToTray[2]. MinimizeToTray can allow to always minimize to the tray instead of to the taskbar, minimize to tray on close and require a double click to restore from the tray.

These addons can also be used on Firefox. But usally I don’t like to make Firefox minimized to system tray. I will use Firefox for more time than Thunderbird, so Firefox should be ready there most of time ;)

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/4868
[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2110

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• Default descending sort order and inline quote when reply in thunderbird
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This is the configuration:

mail.reply_quote_inline = true
mailnews.default_sort_order = 2

Here: mailnews.default_sort_order: ascending 1, descending 2

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• Thunderbird中使用google calendar及它的sms功能
• Keep Firefox open after closing the last tab

My platform is Windows XP SP3.

The sshd server is sshwindows. It can be dowloaded from here: http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/. The version I use here is 3.8p1-1 20040709.

It is really easy:

1) Run sshwindows installer and click OK and OK…

2) Run cmd.exe:

3) cd C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin (it depends on the sshd’s install location)

4) mkgroup -l >> ..\etc\group

5) mkpasswd -l >> ..\etc\passwd
Now all local users are added to the sshd users list. More details can be found in the readme.txt file.

6) Configuration the firewall and let it allow the sshd service listening on port 22

7) Start the sshd service: “net start “OpenSSH Server”"

Now it is OK ;) Try to ssh to the windows and have fun.

There are some problems such as the default home is “/home/USERNAME”, but you just get a warning and you can change to the directory by yourself. At least, it works.

Updated on 7 Mar. 2010.

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• Minimizes Thunderbird windows into the system tray
• Windows XP SP3 换号

Chromifox Basic: A chrome like theme for firefox, it’s beautiful and fast.

Add-ons:

FireGestures: Use mouse gestures to give command to firefox.

Hide Menubar: Hide the menubar which are not used most of the time.
or Compact Menu 2: Duplicates the menubar on the toolbar

Flashblock: Only play the flash you like.

Google Toolbar: I use it to check the site’s PageRank (PR) and bookmark my favourite site to Google bookmark.

Firebug: I use it to design my web site.

Updated on 25 Feb. 2010

• Speeding up Firefox on Linux
• Keep Firefox open after closing the last tab
• Speed up firefox dns lookup

首先安装Thunderbird的插件:
Lightning 0.9

然后下载:
Provider for Google Calendar 0.5.2

provider默认加入的提醒是pop-up.其实要把它改成sms非常简单:

将下载下来的.xpi文件unzip, 它就是一个zip包:)

然后修改其中的calGoogleUtils.js JavaScript文件, 将其中的两个pop-up修改为sms.

然后打包,再到Thunderbird下安装即可.

这样就把Google Calendar和Thunderbird集成到一直来啦.

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• Minimizes Thunderbird windows into the system tray
• Keep Firefox open after closing the last tab