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[Syllable] The free desktop and server operating system family

Alan
12-Nov-2006
[648]
will try it , there was an article about Syllable in this months 
Linux Format with Kristian
Kaj
13-Nov-2006
[649]
Yeah, I was actually at the photo shoot for that :-)
Alan
24-Nov-2006
[650]
Kaj is it possible to get a vmdk for Syllable ? I updated my copy 
of VMware but it did not work so I'm using VmPlayer
Kaj
26-Nov-2006
[651x2]
Yes, there's an external site hosting VMWare images. It's linked 
from our announcement of 0.6.2 and from our Get It page
Note that, although behavior in VMWare is improved with this release, 
speed is not optimal. There are a few tricks to improve it
Alan
26-Nov-2006
[653x2]
ok thanks dling now
ok got it running but does not seem like a normal *nix system.Mainly 
I was trying to find the /mnt dir and does not seem like it has 1 
?Also I got the email program set up and it dled my mail but was 
not able to open the folder ?
Kaj
29-Nov-2006
[655x4]
That's right, Syllable is not Unix. Indeed there is no /mnt directory. 
There could be, and like Unix, volumes can be mounted anywhere in 
the file tree, but the convention is to mount volumes in the root: 
/
On the desktop, you can open the Disks folder, and then rightclick 
in the background to get a mount dialog and choose an available volume. 
Those will be mounted in the root. Manually in the terminal, you 
could mount volumes anywhere with the mount and unmount commands
A clear distinction from Unix is that the root of the filesystem 
is virtual (it's kept in a RAM disk). Links, directories and mounts 
there are cleared when the system is rebooted
What exactly happened with the Whisper mail program? How could you 
not open what folder?
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[659]
Hm, the screen corruption in VMWare should be fixed in 0.6.2
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[660]
is this 0.6.2 version I downloaded?
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[661]
Graham, do you mean the terminal doesn't open?
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[662x2]
Yep.
Double click on the terminal icon on the desktop .. nothing happens.
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[664]
It should be 0.6.2. Look in the Syllable menu upper left and then 
About
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[665]
I  did that ...
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[666]
What version does it say?
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[667x2]
0.6.2
screen full of corrupted Abrowse screens.  Rebooting the image.
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[669]
What does the screen corruption look like?
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[670x2]
Like it's not refreshing the screen.
Won't shut down either.  going to kill it via windows task manager.
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[672x2]
Better use Ctrl-Alt-Del
If you move the mouse over it, does that part get drawn? That was 
the old problem
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[674x3]
Just rebooted ..
I typed http://www.rebol.com/in the browser ... and it's not doing 
much.
the terminal now opens but leaves a trial all over the browser as 
I move the terminal window around ...so i guess the browser is busy
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[677x2]
Yes
It's using DHCP, so VMWare has to be configured to support that
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[679x2]
Oh ..
All the other vmware images I have used seem to browse fine.
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[681]
I think something needs to be configured, but I don't know what
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[682]
Most things don't work I'm afraid.
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[683]
Maybe you have to set Syllable to DHCP, in the Network Preferences
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[684x2]
terminal prompts don't appear.
Apps window doesn't open.
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[686]
I thought you had a terminal now?
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[687x2]
It disappeared on me.
there's  a task bar on the top ..
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[689]
I never heard of so many problems in VMWare. Does it emulate a multicore 
CPU or something?
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[690]
it shows two terminals running .. but both are unresponsive.
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[691]
What CPU do you have?
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[692x3]
Mobile Pentium
laptop
centrino
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[695]
Hyperthreading? Multicore?
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[696x2]
HT I think
not multicore