The Linux Ninja

The GNOME project announced last Thursdaythat they would be migrating to the git version control system on a post to the gnome-devel mailing list. This is another major project that announced a move to the version control system started by Linus Torvalds in 2005 as an alternative to BitKeeper.

Previously Perl, Ruby on Rails, YUI, Merb, DragonFly BSD, GPM, WINE, and X.org announced moves to using git as their version control system. The GNOME project had been using the Subversion version control system before they chose to switch.

Further information on the migration can be found here.

In a post on the AndroidFanatic forums, admin ghostwalker announced his success in running X11 and several different GUIs (Gnome, KDE, IceWM and LXDE) on a T-Mobile G1. Basically, ghostwalker’s method uses a Debian shell with a VNC server running in the background. To access it, you simply use the Android VNC viewer from your phone. This keeps everything nice and simple so that you don’t lose your phone functionality while you are messing around in X11.

This opens up the possibilities for many new uses for Android based phones. Make sure to check the link for full instructions and some screenshots.