Essential apps to install..?

[andyhamer]

OK so i'm due to recieve my unit in the next day or so, i've read through the quick start wiki a couple of times, i just need to know the must have pnd's i need to be installing first browsers, music/video players hotfix (additional tweaks) etc depending on which thread you read there is quite a bit of debate over which are the best.


And can someone explain the SD card formatting thing to me please, is it really necessary?


Cheers.

 

[Prometheus]

Well, firstly, you need to install everything that can run Mega Man games...


Ok, seriously, a good start would quite possibly be verifying the status of the codecs in your location, and then if all is well installing the Community Codec Pack (if memory serves, you'll need to do this not only for various types of media files, but also for FUSE, one of the ZX Spectrum emulators that are available). Grabbing the PND-based updater for Hotfix 5 may also be worth your while, although at this point they may well be shipping with it pre-installed (you'll be able to tell on boot-up - you'll see "HotFix 5" in the top-right corner of the progress screen if Hotfix 5 is installed) - it probably won't hurt to grab it, just in case, though.


You may also want the recent tweaked/fixed PND of the browser, Midori, from here.


Media-players are so incredibly subjective that it's difficult to recommend one, unfortunately. For music I use Deadbeef, myself, but your mileage will almost certainly vary.


As for SD Card formatting, to be pedantic, it's very necessary if you expect to be able to read your cards! Less pedantically, most cards come pre-formatted to FAT32, but it wouldn't hurt to re-do this yourself just to be sure that everything's in tip-top working order. If you're using Microsoft Windows, it's a good idea to format your SD Cards with the official Panasonic SD Formatter tool (unfortunately it does not work under WINE on other x86 OSes, however) - you can get this from the tweaks thread in the Support section (that thread is quite a good source of information in and of itself, incidentally - a lot of common issues can be solved by that means).


Beyond that, you'd better start figuring out which emulated system/native game you want to try out first! (Congratulations on getting your shipping e-mail, by the way - I'm sure you'll enjoy the Pandora muchly. )

 

[mrcranky]

Too many to mention, but here are a few


-Install a few of your favorite emulators. I've been busy with the PS1 and Amiga emulators


-Check out some of the homebrew games from the recent contest -


-Check out some of the other homebrew games & ports


-Deadbeef (as mentioned in the post before mine)


-Firefox 4 - slow to boot up, but once it's going, the speed is fine


-VLC

 

[Bosbeetle]

I advice you to install the PNDstore its very nice for updates but also gives a list of pnds and allows for very easy install.


The other essentials are imo wesnoth, scummvm, duke3d, ginge (cavestory!), hex-a-hop, etc,etc

 

[Blue Protoman]

Quake trilogy!

 

[Nintendo]

Teh Pandora Prawns!