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Sweet. Sudo tee also works good for modifying the sources list just be sure to use the append option.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1584066/append-to-etc-apt-sources-list

In relation to update 2;

Sweet I'm glad that you've gotten some good experiences with the command line and sorry that those packages didn't install correctly; had to reinstall them on my end too. Yeah xrdp likes to know what language and keyboard you're using, I always just accept the default and have very few issues with it.

In relation to update 3;

For customization of install that can be repeated I usually will save the commands for installing to a text file and rename the extinction from a .txt to .sh then when I need to do those modds on another system I'll move it over to the linux file system, usually the desktop, and make it executable with "chmod +x /file/path/mod_scrtipt.sh" and then run with "sh /file/path/mod_script.sh" and this helps with making things easier between installs.

With rdp, once started, use the app on android side for rdp and connect to "debian@localhost" leave the username and password blank in the settings and attempt to connect, if rdp is running on the Linux side you should be prompted for your username and password on a new screen that looks a lot like the Linux GUI; note you can change the debian part before the @ to whatever you like. For connecting to rdp over wifi you'll want the ip address instead of localhost after the @ such as if connecting with a pc or another device. Esentually what's going on is Linux is running a server to output the GUI over the local network and the android side is running a client so that it can be displayed on your screen properly; same thing with SSH, the command line access, with conectbot; the server is on the Linux side and the android client handles how to render and interact.

Yeah gnom is a space hog; and I've no easy way to purge after installing. So far the best solution I've found is starting from scratch or a backup; apt get purge or uninstall will get you far but tracking all the extras down is a bit difficult, perhaps tracking the date the packages where installed will narrow down the list of things that need purging.

On the note of installing moneydance; they provide a download for general Linux use here

http://moneydance.com/other

- it's the bottom link

http://moneydance.com/download/2011/Unix/moneydance_other.tar.gz

- just follow the instructions provided (once you've got Java installed) and it should work by running the Java executable file that is in the extracted contents of the above tar file. Note on system linking; they provide the example file path of "/usr/java1.4jre" but if you installed the openjdk-jre from apt-get, then you'll want to modify the file path to point where openjdk-jre is installed. System links are kinda like short cuts, in this usage it's used to point moneydance to where Java can be found, what's nice about system links in this usage is this allows you to try different versions of Java before picking which one works best; just change the system link to point to a different version and restart moneydance... currently I've tried openjdk and Java's armel version 7u21 and have plans to test the hardfloat version of 7 and early release of 8, so far out of the two I've tested the one from Java runs faster and has less issues with compatibility.

I'm not about to tell you not to contact the developers of moneydance; if you do explain the specifics that it's linux running chrooted on top of a rooted android, try to include what software (and versions) you're running to meat the software dependencies for moneydance. This may pressure them into making a branch specificity for armel/armhf. And yes you are far enough into debian :) congrats, you're rooted running linux on a device not originally intended to, noob you are no longer ;) all that needs to be done is get you into the GUI and the proper packages installed.

For connecting to RDP use the app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.toremote.rdpdemo

And just input the IP address at first, localhost, then once you've got a screen disconnect and modify the display settings to suite your resolution and re-connect and login.

For vnc use the app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=android.androidVNC

And just like RDP you'll want to modify as little as possible at first.

Sent from either my SPH-D700 or myTouch3Gs

Debian Kit/QEMU Linux Install guide for all android devices that I'm writing:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240397

Now have working Installers for ARM Java 7 JDK + Maptools + jMonkey