The coders over at XDA Developers really do amazing work. The latest modification for the Xperia X1 is a port of Ubuntu.  Fatsal has created a port of Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 for the X1. Of course the functionality is limited but, hopefully fatsal will keep working on it and we’ll see a less limited version soon. That said, a lot of fun can be had with the port. You can view full photos of the port along with the download links, which are over 1GB in size here.

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Fancy making your X1 stand out above others? Then take a look at how one Xperia user has pimped out his X1.

As the phone carries a metal finish as opposed to plastic, Whitesites blog have taken the battery cover and given it a chrome finish. Paul lists the items which are needed to achieve this look, which are Blue Magic metal polish creme, couple old cotton t-shirts, 1000 grit sand paper and 240 grit sand paper. Paul then goes on to explain how he got the cover to how it looks now, but notes many would say it had been the done way and doesn’t make it 100% perfect, but this method has worked for him. For those who want perfection, he also lists how it should be done, which involves more grits of the sandpaper, but he used what he had at home, which gives it a great look none the less. You can view the instructions and images of the procedure over at Paul’s blog.