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Syllable is now also listed in the distributions list of LWN:

http://lwn.net/Distributions/

Syllable Server can basically run anything Linux can run, but for 
many things there are no binary packages yet

so, you have to compile yourself ?

Yes, according to the regular instructions of a package for Linux

We have a build recipe for PHP, which standardises the procedure, 
but I haven't tried it on Syllable Server yet

You could install Apache for PHP according to the Syllable Server 
manual

If you want to run PHP on Cheyenne, you have to patch it according 
to the Cheyenne instructions

Syllable Server should be fairly easy to install on Slicehost. It 
is my first target for running my own cloud server, so when I get 
to that I will write specific instructions

Please do ... I'll wait till then ... as I don't want any arrows 
in my back!

You could play the snake, divide the Indians among themselves and 
run the Boa web server. :-) We have a build recipe for it

wrong continent

Graham - why would you not use some linux distro out there? This 
is nothing against Syllable, but if they are mostly beta, there is 
plenty of Linux distros out there, no? Even some small and stripped 
down ones ...

got a point there!

called living on the edge :)

Which ones have all the REBOL stuff integrated?

Looks like Ubuntu are aiming at the vm hosting platform as well http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/jeos

Yes, I may have mentioned JeOS here. It's been out for about a year

Is it possible to install Syllable on bootable SD card?

Depends

If it is connected through an IDE interface, it should work just 
like a hard disk

If it is connected through a USB interface, like on the Asus EeePC 
for example, you may hit bugs in our USB support

Assuming that interface is bootable on the computer in question, 
or course.

Yes, that, too

In any case, if you want to try you need our development build

But that currently has a nasty binary incompatibility, so if you 
get it installed, you may not be able to run some other software

The Dutch website of Software Freedom Day is now running on Syllable 
Server and Cheyenne:

http://softwarefreedom.nl/

It was already made with my REBOL CMS

Page loads nice and quick.

Thanks. We made sure it would by having static pages, but on the 
other hand, the connection is not overly powerful at 10 Mb/s

The server is just a P3 650 MHz with 128 MB memory and an old 8 GB 
disk

It's running Cheyenne, possibly with QuarterMaster, FTP and an SSH 
server

If anyone here wants a test account on it, let me know

Very cool Kaj.

Thanks

It's taken a long time this time, but we released Syllable Desktop 
0.6.6

Many bugs were fixed, including several regressions from earlier 
releases. The window decorators don't destabilise the system anymore. 
The installation procedure is greatly enhanced with options to fix 
hardware support problems. The native web browser is replaced with 
Webster, based on a newer version of the WebKit engine. Many enhancements 
were made to standards support, leading, among others, to the ability 
to run QEmu - so now you can run virtual machines. The documentation 
was improved and several translations were added. Read more in the 
full release notes: http://downloads.syllable.org/Syllable/i586/systems/Desktop/0.6.6/README-SyllableDesktop-0.6.6.txt
ISO CD images, (VMware) emulator images, an upgrade pack and documentation 
are available from the download page: http://web.syllable.org/pages/get-Syllable.html
Extra software is available here: http://web.syllable.org/Syllable/downloads.html

Here's the announcement on OSNews:

http://www.osnews.com/story/21501/Syllable_0_6_6_Released

Is running in VirtualBox tested?

Yes. We have some conflicting reports about it, but it should work, 
using the boot entry we supply for it

On the other hand, VirtualBox is weird. VMware and QEmu often give 
better results

Maxim, the OpenGL situation in DirectFB is still quite unclear

DirectFB 2, with OpenGL support, still seems to be just a plan

There's an old OpenGL extension that was revived a year ago and then 
again not updated. If it works, it probably only supports hardware 
acceleration on one old video chip

So it looks like for some time to come, you will still need X11 for 
hardware accelerated OpenGL

ok

Software OpenGL should be possible on SDL, though, for testing or 
low speed requirements

I am connected running AltME on Syllable Server now