I am a programmer in Cebu, Philippines.
This is a simple way to get data from a Garmin Forerunner 305 under Ubuntu (only tested it under 11.04 natty narwhal).
Install the plugin:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:andreas-diesner/garminplugin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install garminplugin
After that, you go to connect.garmin.com and the forerunner will now be automatically detected.
Source here.
--update 11-4-2011-- I can't get this to work in ubuntu 11.10 oneiric ocelot
install emacs
sudo apt-get install emacs23
initialize config files
Using a bare emacs install is not very exciting, so I add some custom configs. There's a lot in the web, people usually boast their emacs configs with each other. Currently I really like technomancy's config files which is in github. Maybe someday when I learn lisp I'll be able to make some configs of my own.
Get technomancy's emacs config.
git clone https://github.com/technomancy/emacs-starter-kit.git
Turn it into the emacs config folder
mv emacs-starter-kit .emacs.d
I also install haml support since I code rails a lot.
sudo apt-get install haml-elisp
I also add a few custom bindings.
Add this line to ~/emacs.d/init.el
(add-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace)
This will delete all trailing whitespace when you save a file.
give emacs a shortcut
I use emacs a lot so I find it much better to give it an alias instead of typing "emacs -nw" all the time. I bind it to "e" since this character is always available.
Add this line in ~/.bashrc.
alias e='emacs -nw'
Then reload your settings
. ~/.bashrc
And I'm set!
Xmonad is a cool tiling window manager for ubuntu. Though there are lots of other window managers out there (like dwm and scrotwm). The main reason why I liked Xmonad more is because you can combine it with gnome. This means that you can still drag windows around and you get to keep the panels. And also because I really like the new ubuntu font in 10.10. :D
I also used kupfer so I can quickly search and startup programs. There is also gnome-do, which has prettier UI, though I like kupfer more since it doesn't create new instances of a program when one is already running.
First you install Xmonad and Kupfer
sudo apt-get install xmonad kupfer
Then you set your default window manager to Xmonad
gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager xmonad --type string
Then create this file in your home directory (~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs)
import XMonad import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W import XMonad.Config.Gnome import XMonad.Util.EZConfig import XMonad.ManageHook import XMonad.Actions.CycleWS import XMonad.Hooks.EwmhDesktops import XMonad.Hooks.SetWMName import XMonad.Hooks.ManageHelpers import XMonad.Layout.NoBorders myManageHook :: [ManageHook] myManageHook = [ resource =? "Do" --> doIgnore , isFullscreen --> doFullFloat ] main = xmonad $ gnomeConfig { modMask = mod4Mask , terminal = "urxvt" , borderWidth = 2 , manageHook = manageHook gnomeConfig <+> composeAll myManageHook , logHook = ewmhDesktopsLogHook >> setWMName "LG3D" -- java workaround , layoutHook = smartBorders $ layoutHook gnomeConfig } `additionalKeysP` [ ("M-S-q", spawn "gnome-session-save --gui --logout-dialog") -- display logout-dialog -- Lock Screen , ("M-S-l", spawn "gnome-screensaver-command -l") , ("M-p", spawn "kupfer") , ("M-", spawn "kupfer") , ("", nextWS) , ("", prevWS) , ("M1-", windows W.focusDown) , ("M-", nextScreen) , ("M-", prevScreen) ]
...thanks to @poymode and @engwan for helping me with setting this up on my pc. And also to markjeee for brainwashing us with these cool stuff. :D
