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I'm in a crunch right now.

The download is 260 MB and the installed footprint is 1.5 GB

Minimum required memory is 64 MB

Graphical desktop server version?  To replace the desktop desktop 
version??

No, it's additional. We've long planned the graphical Linux to force 
a migration path for Syllable Desktop

They're developed in lockstep, so most of the work I do on the Linux 
systems also goes into Desktop

There will also be a separate name for the desktop Linux, but I'll 
keep that under wraps for now

Thanks for the update Kaj!

I haven't officially announced it yet, but I just released Syllable 
Server 0.4:

http://web.syllable.org/Linux/downloads.html

This release focuses on maturing existing functionality, improving 
security, ongoing system restructuring, and making the system a suitable 
base for third-party package managers.

Many included software packages have been upgraded, including REBOL/Core 
(2.7.7), Cheyenne/UniServe (current development version with WebSockets) 
and QuarterMaster

This is the first Syllable release to include Boron, the successor 
to ORCA, the open source REBOL implementation

For those familiar with Linux and other Unix systems, it's interesting 
to note that some heavy system restructuring has been applied to 
make the system more understandable, by ditching as much of the ancient 
Unix legacy as possible. For example, the common software package 
layout has been restructured like this:

etc             -> settings
  bin             -> programs
  sbin            -> system-programs
  libexec         -> framework/executables
  lib             -> framework/libraries
  include         -> framework/headers
  share/aclocal   -> framework/AutoConfigure
  share/pkgconfig -> framework/PackageConfigure
  lib/pkgconfig   -> framework/PackageConfigure
  share           -> data
  share/doc       -> documentation
  man             -> manuals
  share/man       -> manuals
  info            -> manuals/info
  share/info      -> manuals/info

Standard user names have also been sanitised. For example, the super 
user account has been renamed from "root" to "system"

Here's the full change log:

http://web.syllable.org/Server/Changes.txt

The updated manual, which is quite extensive, if I may say so, and 
explains the key abilities of the system step by step:

http://web.syllable.org/Server/README-SyllableServer.txt

It's on OSNews now:

http://www.osnews.com/story/23427/Syllable_Server_0_4_Released

When will you have an install script for the server?

That will still take a while. Before that is useful I need to produce 
a live CD, and many other things also need to be done

Manual installation is really not difficult with Syllable, though

so the vm I downloaded yesterday is really old??

So, how about a screencast of the manual installation?

Server 0.4 was already published yesterday, but the VM version is 
still really old, yes

A screencast would be nice. I don't have time for it, though. It 
would be a nice thing for someone to contribute

So the install takes a really long time??

No, one last week took fifteen minutes to unpack the files on a very 
old 266 MHz P2

(Which is running our ten AltME worlds, by the way)

I love turning machines that were discarded as a firewall appliance 
into worldwide groupware servers :-)

So, doing a screencast of a vm installation on virtualbox might take 
less than 15 mins which you don't have?  :)

That was the graphical version, mind you. It would unpack Server 
in five minutes

You asked about installation, not about making a screencast

I make operating systems, not movies, so I'd have to arrange a film 
education for myself

Hence, a perfect opportunity for a volunteer with the right qualifications

screencast to me just means copying the screen as you do things .. 
doesn't imply the need for sound or anything else unless you want 
to get fancy.

Sounds like you have the right qualifications and computer setup, 
then

not the right qualifications

Well, to be honest, the entire Server manual after the installation 
is pretty much like the installation section, so someone who needs 
a screencast to get through the installation would also need a screencast 
for every aspect of operation after that

Now it's on DistroWatch:

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=06126

With this release we've entered the month ranking at place 100 after 
a day:

http://distrowatch.com/stats.php?section=popularity

We've topped out at position 57 in the above DistroWatch month list

CongratsKaj :)

Thanks

Is it possible to put the bootable ISO image onto a USB key to install 
from that? I would like to try both Syllable Desktop and Server on 
my Acer Aspire One. It doesn't have a CD-ROM, though.