This update has several changes. Most noticeably, messages are now displayed in colour. In the user list there is a time field which indicates the local time/clock of the ping. There is now a command to retrieve any user’s profile.
Screen shot here.
To install:
ipkg install http://zedstar.org/ipk/thumbtribes-client_0.13_armv4t.ipk
One of the things I would like to use my Eee PC for is killing some time using IRC on my train commute. I already own a BT dongle which I used on my Sharp Zaurus. I also had bought a cheap Motorola phone for connecting with a Nokia 770. So in theory it should be straight forward to get everything connected and running on my new Eee PC. Turns out it was quite a bit more fiddley than I anticipated. In short the problem was pairing with my phone. What was required was the bluez-gnome package which provides the bluetooth-applet. This needs to be run before attempting pairing. You can then click on the applet on the Eee PC to complete the pairing process. I now have XChat running over my phone’s GPRS connection. This will give me something else to do on the train other than reading the free newspapers!
This version has some experimental changes such as allowing the user to set their mood. The client also shows how the location information was obtained. It should be possible now to use the phone’s working GPS functionality if you start up gpsd with ‘gpsd -p /tmp/nmeaNP’ and select GPS at login.
Screen shot here.
To install:
ipkg install http://zedstar.org/ipk/thumbtribes-client_0.11_armv4t.ipk
This version of the client now uses a new command driven interface. For example, you can message another user with:
/m username message
Screen shot available here.
To install:
ipkg install http://zedstar.org/ipk/thumbtribes-client_0.10_armv4t.ipk