linguas os is dead, long live linguas os

I've pretty well stopped development on Linguas Os.
Interest was scant, and nobody else jumped on board.
Sorry.
I'm now using Debian gnu/linux, myself, but if you're new to linux, I recommend you either look into Ubuntu or PCLOS-Trans.

Linguas OS: My current desktop

I know this has little, really nothing to do with our trade, translation, but I just thought I'd share how AWESOME Linguas OS with fluxbox looks, since I'm procrastinating on translating some BIG documents, that I should really get to work on...

As such, here is my current desktop:



Displaying Tickle Therapy, my Insane Journal client, Tickle Screen, the screenshot shooter/uploader I wrote, xmms, and sakura terminal emulator.
I probably should have put my tunes on with Tickle Tunes, the front end I wrote for Mplayer...but, I didn't.
Anyway, hey, tunes are essential when we work, no? So at least that has something to do...
I'm currently listening to Bebel Gilberto. You?

testing, 1, 2, 3...testing, 1, 2, 3

Just seeing how this e-mail posting works...

:)
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Linguas OS 2.0 - Coming Soon to a computer in YOUR neighborhood!

I have been working on making new LinguasOS isos.
In fact, I am remastering as I write this...
Everything will be updated, and a few package changes, including:

Added Esperantilo
Removed xfmedia
Added gxine and xmms
Added TclUP and TclScreen
(not that either has much to do with translation, but an FTP tools is quite frequently useful.)
Updated the other applications I wrote, such as TickleDict,
TickleText and slock.
Removed ActiveState's Tcl8.5, and installed regular old tlc8.5,
since, to be for sure, I should not be redistributing ActiveState's package.
Added new wallpapers and fluxbox themes...very important...
Basically, it will have nearly everything I've recently done to my laptop, although, I am building
it on my experimental box, as before. (Laptop has Last.fm client, and a few other things I am
not adding to the iso, but, otherwise...)
One thing I am still pondering is whether to remove the OmegaT
from PCLinuxOS repos, which is 1.7.2, and install OmegaT 1.8.0.
1.8.0 is a huge improvement, and that's all I'm using, but, I consider
that it is useful to have the apt-able program there.
I don't know.
I have considered attempting to build an apt repo at linguasos.org
just for packages I write, and a few other things not available in the PCLinuxOS repos (such as bitext2tmx and esperantilo), and things they don't keep up with (OmegaT)...That may prove difficult, however, since
I can't get a shell on the server...
But if I can figure out a way around that, I could add said repo
to the apt repos list in Linguas OS and simplify keeping my packages
up to date, and some of these other matters.
I am considering moving my hosting, too.
I paid for a whole year on the server where linguasos.org is now, but,
I think once that's up, I will seek hosting where I can get a shell.
I've found hosts that offer even more bandwidth and space for comparable, if not better, prices.

In other news, TclScreen is now up at both freshmeat and sourceforge.
It was just approved at SF this morning, however, so, I have done nothing to set it up there, yet.

LinguasOS on old Laptops (IBM a21m)

I purchased an old IBM a21m Thinkpad, with 750mhz PIII and 512 mb ram.
It loaded up LinguasOS, and is running great!
Now I can work on the run, on the train, at Dunkin or Starbucks, etc....
I've posted a screenshot here, with gps, a task manager and system monitor, to show how few resources Linguas OS needs to run. It's crisp and clean, plenty of caffeine, if you know what I mean.
Feel free to post comments/questions about the install, etc.