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Post by Kevin McAleavey on Jun 15, 2010 14:52:11 GMT -5
Just out of curiosity: How many are using KNOS routinely now since getting it? If so, what are you doing with it? Have you played with some of the more obscure features yet?
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Post by joncrndl on Jun 16, 2010 16:00:53 GMT -5
I have tried to KNOS as an alternative to Knoppix for one. Still feeling my way through that.
I have tried to go hulu.com, but nothing came up there. Not sure which version, KNOS or KNOS64 was running at the time. I will try that again with KNOS32 later today.
I have also done some website testing with KNOS to see what Google Analytics discovers about my visit with KNOS.
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Post by Kevin McAleavey on Jun 16, 2010 16:32:11 GMT -5
I have tried to KNOS as an alternative to Knoppix for one. Still feeling my way through that. I have tried to go hulu.com, but nothing came up there. Not sure which version, KNOS or KNOS64 was running at the time. I will try that again with KNOS32 later today. I have also done some website testing with KNOS to see what Google Analytics discovers about my visit with KNOS. Knoppix! Now *there's* a blast from the past! Hulu works just fine, but unfortunately our friends at Adobe will not release a BSD-based version of their flash plugin. Therefore, we had to cheat and use the Linux flashplugin and it's not Adobe's finest piece of work at all. Bloated as all Hades it be! So what will happen often is that when you first boot up KNOS, and encounter a flash site, it will begin to load from the DVD as it should but unfortunately the flash site will time out before flash and the Linux emulator it runs in has completely loaded it. That will then choke Firefox. Often, KNOS manages to beat the clock but often it doesn't. And when that happens, as we mention on the bottom of our start page, you'll need to close Firefox then wait a few seconds for it to forget that it had run, then restart Firefox again and it will *definitely* work the second time and then every time thereafter until you boot up KNOS again some other time. Once you're past this little Aztec two step though, Flash will work reliably. Nothing we can do about it other than razzing Adobe to make a BSD plugin. The BSD folks have been after them for years to do so and Adobe keeps promising and offering a Bronx handshake every time ...
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Post by joncrndl on Jun 18, 2010 23:40:39 GMT -5
I am impressed with the multimedia functionality! It just works.
The flash is a little sluggish full screen at hulu. For file downloaded to the desktop anthen played, it is impressive.
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Post by cybrguy on Jun 21, 2010 13:14:01 GMT -5
Still looking for the email with the download link...
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Post by cybrguy on Jun 21, 2010 16:18:04 GMT -5
Still looking for the email with the download link... Okey doke, got the link and I should have the bugger downloaded in a day or so...
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Post by Kevin McAleavey on Jun 22, 2010 3:23:40 GMT -5
I am impressed with the multimedia functionality! It just works. The flash is a little sluggish full screen at hulu. For file downloaded to the desktop anthen played, it is impressive. Yeah, unfortunately Adobe won't do a Flash plugin for BSD and thus we're stuck with their awful Linux one in an emulator. If it's any comfort, been working on the next build and the 10.1.53 Flash is *so* hosed I have no intentions of using it. Fortunately, old Adobe stuff can't do any harm in KNOS and so as bad as the current one is, the new one is FAR more hosed. Good news is that KNOS *fully* supports HTML5 video and that works rather nicely ...
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Post by Kevin McAleavey on Jun 22, 2010 3:24:44 GMT -5
Still looking for the email with the download link... Okey doke, got the link and I should have the bugger downloaded in a day or so... Sorry for the delay on that - the site did delete the 64 bitter and Verizon was down and out over the weekend so we were unable to replace it on the download site until the phone guys left ...
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