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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: dynebolic interim report
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 00:52:01 -0500 (EST)
So I've been using dynebolic linux on and off for the past couple of days. The main problem I've had has been input/output besides the Net. The system didn't recognize my wireless on the Compaq, but it connects on both the HP and laptop immediately with ethernet. The main problem, and a huge one for me - it won't recognize USB dongles, even though it says within the OS that it does. At a wiki, I found it doesn't yet. It also loads the native OS (Winxp for me) as read-only, which I find bizarre; even Tom's pocket linux accessed the OS as read- write. So it makes saving work difficult. At least on my system, it won't write to floppies, although it reports that it has. As far as nesting goes, I created a dyn.nst on the D: configuration drive on the HP (it has C and D, total of 200 mg). When I loaded the OS after that - had to step out of course to create it - everything back-fired; the X.config files were messed up, and it would load as text-only. I'm sure it was the file (which was presumably empty); when I removed it, everything works again. So at least on my system: can't write properly to the .nst file (come to think of it, it's probably that it's not Fat32 on the drives); can't read or write from the dongle (tried two different makes); can't go wireless; can't write to the floppy, etc. It makes actually _using_ the thing pretty miserable. Good news is that it _does_ read .mov and I could presumably edit them - but I'd have to find a way to get the files off the drive. Conclusions: great for small file manipulation (I've made a number of pieces), but bad for real production unless a. you can reconfigure things and have more know-how than I (the average user) has; or b. you can wait awhile until the system is more developed. I've always had a love/hate relation with linux - it's definitely not a standard Mac/Win/etc. desktop - it almost always needs tweaking, and I find myself lost in the midst of the files. I absolutely _love_ the idea of dynebolic and its Rasta flavor - I just wish I could get it to work for real production. - Alan nettext http://biblioteknett.no/alias/HJEMMESIDE/bjornmag/nettext/ http://www.asondheim.org/ WVU 2004 projects: http://www.as.wvu.edu/clcold/sondheim/ http://www.as.wvu.edu:8000/clc/Members/sondheim Trace projects http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/writers/sondheim/index.htm