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Root [ROM][WIP] BACKside ROM (CM7) + Green Machine Theme

The reason bigsupersquid, myself, and many others forget to mention the "su" in terminal is because of a trick we use:

Open terminal, press your menu key, then select Preferences. Scroll down to the bottom and select Initial command. It should say:
Code: 
export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH;
Add su; to the end so it looks like this:
Code: 
export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH;su;
This way, everytime you open terminal, you will immediately have root.

Since we do this, we sometimes forget to mention to people that they need to type su before doing anything else in terminal. ;)
 
I never even think about it. It's second nature to just type in su at the first prompt. I'm an old Slackware guy, used to having to type startx at the first prompt after login. :)
 
that is one of the best things about terminal emulator, adding to the initial commands.
in cm7 and cwm-based recovery, adb shell defaults to root, and i use adb a lot.

i also just type su first in the terminal without thinking about it, but i like sl4a better than terminal emulator since you can make home screen shortcuts from scripts.

it's like running my Linux installs as root, i don't like typing sudo to do simple things like bork my hard drive or change certain files. if things actually get messed up enough, i just reformat the pc.
when i learned to program, there were no logins and the operating systems didn't try to tell you what not to do
 
You might want to try Ubuntu. It runs along side your Windows OS. You can select how much of your hardrive that it shares. Everything is some much easier to do than with Windows.
 
Prometheus_ said:
I grew up on Windows. I'm used to having an OS that doesn't need internal tweaking. :D
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not unless you want to turn off things like remote registry, and like 10 other default system services that don't need running unless you're networked...
or you want things optimized for an older pc, when you have to change settings in several different esoteric locations...
Jerry is right, though, Ubuntu seems closest to windoze in the Linux realm as far as being plug-and-play but needing severe tweaking to be made efficient and fast without new hardware under it.
 
AndyOpie150 said:
You might want to try Ubuntu. It runs along side your Windows OS. You can select how much of your hardrive that it shares. Everything is some much easier to do than with Windows.
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I'm an x FreeBSD user (many many years ago when everything was installed manually), but since I've been into heavy gaming Windows is much easier than trying to configure stuff in WineX, Cedega etc. etc. etc. Just too much of a hassle, and I hate dual boot.

Ubuntu is nice for newbs though.
 
Well, somewhere in the neighborhood of 97% of all viri (yes, that IS the correct plural) happen to be for Windows. Coincidence? I think not.
 
Well, i hit a snag with 12-07. It was running fine. I decided to reboot and when it booted up, i unlocked it and the ADW Launcher kept force closing and everytime i would push ok or w/e it would just pop right back up and say the same thing instantly so there was basically nothing i could do at all. I rebooted, wiped the caches, and it still did the same thing. I ended up doing a full wipe and will just have to reinstall my apps. Dunno why it did this, unless it was the latest ADW update for my ICS theme?
 
The theme could very well be your problem. If it's still acts up after a fresh install, then another install without the theme would be in order.

I've had themes do this to me. If you wait until the next build, and install,it might work. You could also try a ROM with a different kernel.
 
NoNameFace said:
I'm an x FreeBSD user (many many years ago when everything was installed manually), but since I've been into heavy gaming Windows is much easier than trying to configure stuff in WineX, Cedega etc. etc. etc. Just too much of a hassle, and I hate dual boot.

Ubuntu is nice for newbs though.
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I agree. Ubuntu is definitely a great starting point on your Linux adventure! I used that when I first started then bounced around to different distros. I recommend using a website called Distrowatch to see the most popular Linux distros. My main use of Linux is installed on my USB stick: Puppy Linux! Love this thing! 90-100mbs and I've got ms word, power point, excel spreadsheet, Photoshop etc capabilities!

All in all, Linux is awesome. If you're an Android user, I highly recommend dabbling in the art of Linux ;)
 
I started on Red Hat 6 on a Pentium 75. That was in 1996. Then I discovered Slackware, and it was all over from there. I recommend playing with Slackware because a good deal of it is configured from the command line. This means you will learn many commands that also apply here, in the Terminal Emulator. Win!
 
It was an adw theme. After the fresh install I put the theme back on and am not running into any problems. So confused why this happened out of the blue
 
The two biggest problems I've had are with themes not specifically for the ROM, and Launchers streched too thin.
 
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