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Here are what I see different, or that require further explanation, in the order you have posted them in your texts.. bittorrent (has an X window setup when first run) |
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dsl-dpkg (If apt-get works, if /etc/apt exists, your good-2-go) |
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gcompris (some of the games do fine, like matching, others die) |
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oouser (the user icons and files for the OOo.ci cloop version) ( If you saw icons and menu options, it's fine ) |
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...Do you have the wmix app in the lower right corner of your desktop, right below the mount utility ? .. ... Detecting your s-card at bootup isn't the same thing as actually having it working..Does XMMS work for you on this box ? ... |
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Barrage ( requires sound ) Freebirth ( again, requires sound , it's a sound synthesizer ) sox ( again, sound effects app for cli - requires sound) |
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Nessusd ( Hmmm.. I'll look again, good feedback so far ) |
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Quake2 ( requires at least the "pak0.pak" game file from either the shareware or retail version to play , place it in your baseq2 directory - the game files are not GPL'ed ) |
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Ruby ( Programming app - who knows ) vba ( like quake2, it requires non-GPL'ed "ROMS" to play ) |
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php ( Yes, an addition to the web server ) amsn ( It's still a first version contrib, and only recently rebuilt ) t-bird ( known issues ) x-chat ( Missing libs error, I think.. ) |
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xscreensaver ( known issues - mine always says the same error about XRandr libs as yours did.. ) |
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ff.tar.gz ( user files and icons for the firefox.ci cloop version ) ( If you saw icons and a menu listing, it's fine ) |
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xvc.tar.gz ( very specific instructions for its use in xvc.info ) |
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ion2 ( first version - still requiring a rebuild - may not be cross-compatible with "dsl" vs "damnsmall" username ) |
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All in all , I say you did a very FINE job separating the "wheat" from the "chaff" .... |
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Now, after I check all these apps for proper file ownerships, permissions, file structures, proper tar structure, etc, then I try to determine what happens when these apps are run in "Combos" (especially the red level apps, because they OVERWRITE things) I stay away from the ones with known issues, but give it a go at installing 3 or 4 of these apps in the same desktop. Preferably only 1 red level app in the group. I'm looking for libs that some programs want to update, or don't realize that they are already in the DSL base distro. Packages built from .debs or "apt-get" want to stay in "good debian form" for package management reasons. But the DSL distro breaks away from true "Debian" form, by adding apps that aren't "deb'd" or "Apt-got" thru traditional means.. Therefore a new .dsl file may want to install a lib, thinking it SHOULDN'T already exist, but it does. And it does for a reason, and overwriting it may break the original app that placed the first version of the lib in DSL. And if that's crazy, you should see how new apps work when I "downgrade" their libs so that they DON'T overwrite"... ( actually, most apps do just fine like this..keyword - MOST ) Oh yeah, I figured out why my laptop would not run mplayer. Trying it in a shell gave me the error message ......~ for cpu with mmx / sse extensions ..... Not on my poor little compaq laptop.. never had , never will 73 ke4nt |
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Quote oouser (the user icons and files for the OOo.ci cloop version) ( If you saw icons and menu options, it's fine ) Yeah, I have both, but they don't work untill you add the OO.o myDSL file. Another thing about OO.o, if you launch Impress from the icon, you get the new presentation wizard. If you launch from the menu, you get a blank presentation that actually looks like the window for Writer. I don't know if this is correct or not. |
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Quote Ruby ( Programming app - who knows ) vba ( like quake2, it requires non-GPL'ed "ROMS" to play ) I found a disk w/ some roms on it and it played OK. I have no idea what controls to use, but it did load the rom. They may want to keep up w/ or track new versions of the emulator as they are always improving. |
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Quote ff.tar.gz ( user files and icons for the firefox.ci cloop version ) ( If you saw icons and a menu listing, it's fine ) I still don't know if I'm using the .ci files correctly. I doubt it. On the next rebuild I do, I'll leave the .ci files out as they are no use to me, unless that is the only way an app is packaged. |