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[Syllable] The free desktop and server operating system family

Kaj
16-Jul-2007
[1039x2]
* A new version of ABrowse. The web browser has been re-written using 
the WebKit engine, which is also the basis of Apples Safari web browser. 
The engine offers excellent standards support and very fast rendering.

    * A new version of Whisper, and the Contact address book is now included.

    * A large number of usability and user interface fixes, largely courtesy 
    of Anthony Morphett.

    * New drivers for the SysKonnect Yukon1 network cards & ACPI CPU 
    management and updated drivers for Radeon, GeForceFX, SiS and Trident 
    video cards, HD Audio, Intel & VIA SATA controllers and Realtek 8169 
    network cards.
    * The usual clutch of bug fixes and enhancements.
I believe Ladislav could use the Yukon driver :-)
Alan
16-Jul-2007
[1041]
dled the Vmware, when installed/run will let you know
Kaj
16-Jul-2007
[1042]
Cool
Alan
16-Jul-2007
[1043x2]
ok ran it and looks better than the others BUT there is no mnt dir 
? I was going to use a console and mount but have no idea how to 
mount a device the os does not see ?does Syllable not have that option 
yet or am I missing some thing :(
and I assume that drag and drop will not working using VmPlayer ? 
Thing I tried with an older version and did not work
Kaj
17-Jul-2007
[1045x8]
/ is the mount dir. :-)
There is no /mnt dir as such. But Linux often uses a /media directory 
as well, for the actual mount points, although they could also be 
anywhere else. Like Unix, mountpoints in Syllable can be made anywhere 
you want them. But the mount utility of the desktop (click right 
in the Media folder) just mounts disks in the root /
You should know that the root directory in Syllable is virtual. It 
is stored in RAM, so it is not persistent across reboots
You mount media from the /dev hierarchy, for example:
mkdir data
mount /dev/disk/ata/hda/1 data
How do you mean, drag and drop with VMPlayer? Integration with Syllable 
drag and drop, so you can drag and drop from the host system into 
Syllable and the other way around? No, such integration has not been 
done
We do have a special VMWare video driver
Alan
17-Jul-2007
[1053x2]
re:drag and drop, yes that is what I meant, ie drag from a host partition 
to a "virtual" Syllable dir   guess the easiest way to get graphics/sounds 
to Syllable is via email or a web page.The reason for this is to 
test the graphics/sound apps in Syllable but since it comes with 
no sound/video files is the only way to test
on Mandriva right now so will test when i reboot to Windows
Kaj
17-Jul-2007
[1055x5]
You should just be able to mount disks. We mount partitions and USB 
sticks to get at stuff. Syllable supports FAT and can read NTFS and 
Linux ext2 and ext3
Have you tried right-clicking in the background of the Disks folder?
Of course, VMWare is not the ideal environment for testing Syllable 
multimedia
The live CD is now available - that would also be a better environment 
for your testing:
http://osnews.com/story.php/18282/Syllable-0.6.4-Live-CD-IDE-Documentation
Sunanda
17-Jul-2007
[1060]
Is there a reason for the syllable group not to be [web-public]?
If it were [web-public], then non-Altme users could read it here:

http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/aga-groups-index.r?world=r3wp

And you (or anyone) could refer to a previous post via a persistent 
URL.
Kaj
17-Jul-2007
[1061x3]
At the time when I made this group, I didn't want to impose too much 
on the REBOL community here. Do other people think it's a good idea?
Hey, that's not Carl's script anymore. I didn't know the groups were 
fully archived now :-)
Is there a way to link to a group so that you always go to the latest 
post?
Sunanda
17-Jul-2007
[1064x2]
I don't think it's an imposition! It'd be a service.
It's my script

Latest post......

The format of the URL is: .....posts=worldnameNNNxMMM  NNN=group-id, 
MMM=post-id. 
Use MMM=0 to mean latest *page* of posts for that group, eg:

http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/aga-display-posts.r?post=r3wp152x0
Or, from the index page, click the date column [far right] for a 
group -- that takes you to the end too.
Kaj
17-Jul-2007
[1066x2]
That would be cool. Thanks!
I added the web-public key. How long does it take to turn up on the 
site?
Sunanda
17-Jul-2007
[1068]
Thanks  -- it'll be a couple of hours -- some automated jobs will 
spot the title change and schedule an upload.
Kaj
17-Jul-2007
[1069]
Thanks! I'll propose a link from our own front page
Sunanda
17-Jul-2007
[1070]
Some posts are there already!

http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/aga-display-posts.r?post=r3wp225x1
Kaj
17-Jul-2007
[1071x2]
Great!
I see it among the groups now :-)
Sunanda
17-Jul-2007
[1073]
Glad to hear it. Looks like the whole thing is there now.
Kaj
17-Jul-2007
[1074x3]
The link is on our front page now:
http://www.syllable.org
Might catch some traffic from our release announcement
Alan
17-Jul-2007
[1077]
yes and it's working Thanks !
Sunanda
18-Jul-2007
[1078]
Nice, Kaj!
Kaj
23-Jul-2007
[1079x2]
The translated live CDs we have been working on are now available. 
We have another article on OSNews with this and some other goodies:
http://osnews.com/story.php/18316/Translated-Syllable-Live-CDs
Kaj
17-Aug-2007
[1081x2]
Videos of Syllable 0.6.4 and Syllable Server, for those who are interested:
http://osnews.com/story.php/18470/Syllable-Server-Video-Demonstration
Robert
18-Aug-2007
[1083x2]
Kaj, I downloaded the latest version as VMWare and used it on the 
Mac. Very cool :-))
This thing must really be a time killer... a nice one of course.
Kaj
19-Aug-2007
[1085x2]
Thanks. It sure is. On the other hand, around the time we started, 
five years ago, I and others spent so much time fixing Linux that 
we independently sort of decided that it wouldn't really take more 
time to spend it on developing  our own operating system. It certainly 
leaves us with a lot more to show for all that time
Well, both Linux and Windows, really. The Windows situation is still 
roughly the same. Linux has improved a lot over that time, but only 
to reach about the same levels as Windows
Kaj
22-Aug-2007
[1087x2]
Amiga software runs on Syllable now :-)
http://syllable.org.s3.amazonaws.com/images/screenshots/0.6.4/DesertStrike-on-E-UAE.jpg