From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 25 10:11:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E252A37B401 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:11:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from skytrackercanada.com (cust29.209.188.66.dsl.accessv.com [209.188.66.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 628BB43E3B for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:11:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@skytrackercanada.com) Received: (from david@localhost) by skytrackercanada.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) id g9PHAvAc073761; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:10:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:10:57 -0400 From: David Banning To: Drew Tomlinson Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Jukebox Port for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20021025131057.A73390@skytrackercanada.com> References: <003201c27ab1$e43a9600$6e2a6ba5@TAGALONG> <20021024014818.A26437@skytrackercanada.com> <00a901c27bfc$768afb30$0301a8c0@bigdaddy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <00a901c27bfc$768afb30$0301a8c0@bigdaddy>; from drew@mykitchentable.net on Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 12:59:36AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I run a unix xterm window on my PC's. On any box I can run > > mp3blaster which I use to select and play my > > selections. You don't need a graphical term emulator since > > mp3blaster is ascii. > > Thanks for your suggestion. However, I'm looking for something that > anyone can use, even if they don't have *nix experience. This is why I > really like the Globcom Jukebox at http://gjukebox.sourceforge.net/. > Unfortunately, it's not in the ports tree. I'm sure that a seasoned > hacker would have no trouble getting it to compile and running on > FreeBSD but I'm still pretty green. Although I guess it couldn't hurt > to try! How else would one become a seasoned hacker? :) It looks like a neat program. The program itself looks like it is written in perl, which would run on any machine. The supporting programs, like nvramwakeup and a few others would have to be installed to freebsd. My guess is, that would be a bigger job. The down side, in my opinion to this program is speed. I would grow impatient waiting for the browser to repaint the screen for a task that I want to execute in a seconds. Regarding using mp3blaster, my 8 year-old son uses it. He doesn't even know what unix is. On my windows boxes, there is always a unix window up and running. In fact, I have the unix window execute from the startup in windows so everytime windows boots, the xterm window logs in as me and is waiting for a command. I renamed mp3blaster to simply "music". My son simply types "music" at the prompt. The menu comes up in a fraction of a second, and he can have songs playing in another 2 seconds. One of the great things I like about unix, is how many programs are not pigs, using all the resouces of the computer for elaborate and often unnecessary graphics. Good luck - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message