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  • Ilmumisaeg: 06-Nov-2009
  • Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 047043676X
  • ISBN-13: 9780470436769
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 360 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 234x188x18 mm, kaal: 602 g, Illustrations, Contains 1 Digital online
  • Ilmumisaeg: 06-Nov-2009
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  • ISBN-13: 9780470436769
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Ubuntu Mobile is quickly being adopted by mobile device manufacturers and provides Web browsing, e-mail, media, camera, VoIP, instant messaging, GPS, blogging, digital TV, games, contacts, dates/calendar, and simple software updates on every mobile device. As the first book on Ubuntu Mobile, this resource is authored by one of the top experts for Ubuntu Mobile who shows how to implement solutions for original equipment manufacturers and independent software vendors wishing to go to market using Ubuntu Mobile. The material also covers setting up Linux for mobile application development, the difference between developing on a mobile Internet device and a regular desktop environment, step-by-step tutorials, and much more.
Introduction xxv
Chapter 1: Mobile Linux 1
Going Mobile
1
A Short History: From Big Iron to Mighty Mouse
2
Changing Focus
3
Turning Points
4
The Generational Divide
5
Netbooks, Linux, and Ubuntu
6
A Giant's Strength in a Dwarf's Arm
8
Summary
9
Chapter 2: The Development Environment 11
Getting Started
12
Getting Familiar with the Ubuntu Mobile Environment
12
VirtualBox
12
KVM/QEMU
21
Using QEMU
21
ARM on QEMU
22
Using KVM
23
NETWORKING
25
Networking in VirtualBox
25
Networking in KVM/QEMU
26
Advanced Networking on VirtualBox and KVM/QEMU
26
Using the Bridge in VirtualBox
28
Using the Bridge in KVM
29
Sharing Files Between Guests and Host
29
Sharing Files Between Guests and Host with Advanced Networking
30
Building Your Own Virtual Image
31
Working with Images
31
Building Your Own Image
32
Installing Applications inside the Image
33
Increasing a Downloaded Image Size
34
Summary
34
Chapter 3: Power Management 35
Introduction
35
Power Saving States
36
Power Management Packages
36
pm-utils
37
pm-suspend
37
pm-hibernate
37
pm-suspend-hybrid
37
pmi action
38
How pm-utils Works
38
Gnome-Power-Manager
40
Gnome-Power-Statistics
40
Device Kit Power
41
The Quality of Service: QoS Interface
43
Controlling Radio Transmitters
44
RFKILL
45
Bluetooth
45
Investigating Power Usage
46
Battery Testing
47
Preparing to Run the Tests
47
Phoronix Test Suite
47
Battery Comparisons
48
Comparing Like-to-Like
50
Summary
51
Chapter 4: Application Development 53
Ubuntu Mobile Releases
54
Creating a New Application
55
Application Design
55
Free Desktop Standards
56
The Desktop Entry Specification
56
The Desktop Application Autostart Specification
57
XDG Base Directory Specification
57
Desktop Menu Specification
57
Hildon: An Application Framework for Handheld Devices
58
What Is Hildon in Terms of Code?
58
Creating the Program
58
Menus
59
Toolbars
59
Window-Specific Settings
59
Program-Wide Settings
59
Hibernation
60
Putting Hildon Together
60
Hello World
60
Other Toolkits
64
Signals
65
Layout
66
Horizontal Boxes
66
Vertical Boxes
66
Glade
66
Handling the .glade File
69
Clutter
70
QT
75
EFL
79
Canola
81
Elementary
81
What Key Technologies Do I Need to Know to Develop Applications for a Mobile Device?
82
D-Bus
82
Object Paths and Bus Names
83
Exporting Objects with D-Bus
84
Connect to a D-Bus Signal
85
Useful D-Bus Command-Line Applications
85
D-Bus Viewer
85
D-Bus Send
87
D-Bus Monitor
87
D-Bus Launch
88
D-Feet
88
D-Bus Security
89
PolicyKit
90
GConf
91
Notifications
93
Putting All the Concepts Together
94
Summary
103
Chapter 5: Application Packaging 105
Background and Important Tools
105
Packaging and Using a PPA
108
Initial Debianization
109
rules
109
changelog
112
control
112
copyright
113
Other Debian Files
114
Building the Package
115
Uploading to a PPA
115
REVU
116
RFA Packages
117
Creating Your Own Repository
118
Simple Repository
118
Automatic Repository
118
Setting Up a Repository
118
Adding Packages to a Repository
119
Removing Packages From a Repository
119
Backporting KVM
119
PBuilder
120
Configuring PBuilder
120
Performing Actions on PBuilder
123
Creating a Distribution Environment
124
Building a Package to a Specific Release
124
Updating the PBuilder Environment
124
Using pdebuild
124
Configuring Actions
125
Additional Hook Manipulation with PBuilder
125
Hook Script Resource
126
Mount Bind a Package Repository for Use with PBuilder
126
Ubuntu Policy
126
Categories
126
Sections
127
Summary
127
Chapter 6: Application Selection 129
Business Users
129
Documents
130
A Practical Example
131
Multimedia Users
131
A Practical Example
132
Useful Keybindings in the Entertainer GUI
133
Social Network Users
134
A Practical Example
134
Set Up the Environment
136
Copy the Gadget
136
Modify It
136
Location-Aware Users
138
A Practical Example
138
Background
138
Implementation
139
Test the Gypsy to GPS Connection
142
Interaction with the GPS Daemon
142
D-Bus and HTTP Requests
143
Summary
146
Chapter 7: Theming 147
What Is a Theme?
147
Where Are Themes Located in the Filesystem?
148
What Is a Theme Engine and Where Are They Located?
148
Theming Ubuntu MID
148
What Happens When a MID Device Boots?
149
Modifying Themes
150
A Useful Tool When Working with Themes
150
Theme Structure
151
The theme.xml File
151
The gtkrc File
152
Customizing a gtkrc File
152
Padding
153
Styles
153
Colors
153
Applying the Style
154
Theming Ubuntu MID
154
Manually Theming MID
154
Automatically Theming MID
156
Theming Ubuntu Netbook Remix
157
Boot Splash
158
Creating a gdm Theme
158
Customizing the Netbook Launcher
159
Performance Testing of Themes
160
Test the Human Metacity Theme
160
Comparisons
160
X Window Testing
162
Summary
163
Chapter 8: Kernel Fine-Tuning 165
Ubuntu MID Kernel Overview
165
Kernel-Tuning Methods
165
Create an Ubuntu Package
166
Create a Debian Package
172
Updating a Customized Kernel Tree
175
Updating an Ubuntu Kernel Tree
175
Update a Non-Ubuntu Kernel Tree
181
Dynamic Kernel Module Support
181
Inside the DKMS Framework
182
Basic DKMS Commands
183
Summary
186
Chapter 9: Testing and Usability 187
Why Test?
187
Ubuntu Desktop QA
188
Mago — A Desktop Testing Initiative
188
Building an Application for Testing
189
Getting Started
189
Application Creation
190
Testing with Mago
193
Adding the Browser Test to Mago
193
Linux Standards Base and Certification
196
Installing the LSB Application Testkit
196
Running the LSB Application Testkit
196
Other Testing Tools
197
Phoronix Test Suite
197
PBuilder for Automating the Testing of Packages
200
Other Useful Linux Performance Testing Tools
201
ps
201
top
201
time
201
procinfo
201
free
202
memstat
202
memcheck and Valgrind
202
Latencytop
203
Testing Strategies
203
Basic
203
Advanced
204
Compliance
204
Bug Reporting
205
If You Find a Bug...
205
Filing a Bug Report Automatically
206
Reporting a Bug from the Command Line
206
Summary
206
Chapter 10: Tips and Tricks 207
Improving Boot Speed
207
Hard Coding Modules
207
Creating a /tmp That Is Half the Size of Physical RAM
208
Energy Tips
208
Recharging Correctly
209
Laptop Mode
209
Getting to Know the Battery on a Device
210
CPUFREQ and Governors
211
Use Power Management Settings on Disks
211
Disabling atime
212
Turning Off Background Services
212
Adobe Flash
213
Configuring the Touchscreen
214
Watching Hard Disk Activity
217
Summary
218
Chapter 11: Putting It All Together 219
Important Things to Consider
219
Check If the Device Architecture Is Supported by Ubuntu
220
Checking the Hardware
220
Fine-Tuning the Kernel
221
Defining Power Policies
221
Is It an Embedded System?
221
Customizing the User Interface
222
Boot Selector
222
Display Manager
223
GDM
224
Pre-Configuring GDM
224
Setting the Default Ubuntu, XFCE, and Hildon Behaviors
224
Fine-Tuning the Build Process
225
Setting Up a Repository
225
Caching Packages with approx
225
Creating a Default Ubuntu Image
226
Choosing Which Type of Installer to Use
226
When to Use Debian-Installer (Ubuntu Alternate Image)
226
When to Use Ubiquity (Ubuntu Desktop Image)
226
Getting Started on the Image: Preparing the Environment
226
Finally, Building the Default ISO
229
Building a Customized Ubuntu Image
230
Inside Seed Germination
231
Germinating the Seeds
232
An Example: Germinating Ubuntu Netbook Remix
234
Packages and Repositories
235
Generating Metapackages the Ubuntu Way
235
Building the metapackage
236
Generating Metapackages the Simple Way
238
Preseeding the Installer
239
Adding Packages to the Image
240
Finally, Build the Custom ISO
240
Ubuntu Policies, Trademarks, Copyright, and Common Sense
240
So What Is a Derived Distribution?
241
When to Use the LGPL
241
Summary
242
Chapter 12: Mobile Directions 243
Choice, Change, and Opportunity
244
Evolution and Software Development
246
Darwin
247
Mendel
247
Mayr
248
Frankenstein
248
Big Ideas to Think About
249
The Politics of Technology
249
The Next Billion
249
Sensory Overload
249
Cloud Computing
250
ARM Wrestling
250
Razors and Blades
251
Free Lunch
251
Computing on the Edge
251
The Future
253
Ubuntu, Linux, and Mobile Computing
254
Summary
255
Chapter 13: Common Problems and Possible Solutions 257
The Boot Process Stops
257
Application Icon Does Not Appear
258
Performing a Dual Boot
259
Setting a Flag Automatically
259
Using USB
260
Running Ubuntu on Freerunner
260
Running Ubuntu on Arima
261
Ubuntu Intrepid UMPC Project
261
Installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix on a UMPC
261
Using apt
261
Joining the Ubuntu Mobile Developers Team
262
Using KVM or QEMU
262
Graphical Corruption
262
Poor Performance
263
Summary
263
Appendix A: Ubuntu's Right ARM 265
Appendix B: Git Usage 277
Appendix C: Hosting Your Project on Launchpad 287
Appendix D: Desktop Power Applet Code 291
Appendix E: D-Bus: An Overview 297
Index 307
Ian Robert Lawrence is a Scrum Master at the Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia. He is a founding member of both the Ubuntu Brazil and Debian Amazonas communities. Rodrigo Cesar Lopes Belem is a freelance software developer and advocate who has contributed to many open source projects such as Enlightenment and Ubuntu. He currently works as a software developer at the Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia.