On 12/2/06, Tom Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks to Jason Winningham, the Xastir virtual machine I made for use in VMware player is now available for download
I was finally able to get a chance to download and install the Xastir virtual machine... Jason's server rocks! I was able to pull down the file at an average of 3.5 Mbps, with peaks to 4.5 Mbps. If I were on a fast connection, I wonder what I could have done! The Wiki instructions fall into the usual *nix trap. Rather than simple straight forward instructions, they fall off track talking about options available. You need to read a couple paragraphs, skip a few, read another, skip 2 more, and then all of the sudden you're at "Hey, I'm done". Simple linear instructions with no branches are what is required to make these things easy to follow. After the fact, you can add in all the options, and let people know what they can do if desired. The Cygwin instructions are written in a very linear fashion, and are very easy to follow. I was able to follow the VMWare instructions, but had to skip around a bit to get the proper path. I had a bit of trouble with getting access to the ethernet device, but that was my own fault. I had disabled the VMWare network devices manually attempting to solve a networking problem in the week between VMWare download and the Xastir appliance download. I did manage to get the ethernet screwed up again, which I have not yet determined if it was a one time problem, or a repeatable event. I also discovered that one needs to disable any screen savers in the VMWare world. My CPU cycles maxed out on me, which I was able to track down to the VMWare process. Switching back into it, I found the "radar screen" screen saver merrily chugging along. Killing the screen saver brought the CPU cycles down a whole lot, but about that time is when the ethernet broke. For being a minimalist desktop environment, Xubuntu presents a nice user interface! James VE6SRV _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir