From: Wesley Simon <wsimon_at_lsil.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 15:22:12 -0500

I would love to have an interface like this. I'd like to see something
that everyone can use also. I would like to see some platform
independence built into such a project. I'd like to see it work on
Linux, OS X, and (I don't know why exactly) Windows. I've been pretty
dedicated to Linux for the last 8 or 9 years until I picked up a 12"
powerbook a few months ago. Solaris would be nice...anyone considering
writing archos usb drivers for Solaris?????

Wesley Simon



On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 04:26 AM, svante t wrote:

> Hi all,
> heres something I was dreaming up yesterday trying to sleep:
>
> The Rockbox Desktop Tool
>
> Which would be a software that you run on your computer, that would
> make the Rockbox administration on your Archos portable easier... I
> dont know how the thoughts go, but initially my guess is that
> installing Rockbox would be a onetime thing, then you just use it
> right?
>
> But I can see how its getting more and more complicated... and how
> people maybe tend to not see how easy and swift rockbox is...
>
> So I propose the making of a small desktop tool that connects with
> your rockbox and does these things:
>
> - tells you what version of rockbox you're running
> - if theres an update available
> - updates rockbox
> - what language(s) you're running
> - handling of configs
> - handling of WPS-files
> - what plugins you have installed
> - right now I also see the need for a gui for descramble and uclpack,
> but that is maybe just a passing state
> - im sure there are tons of other problems that this software could
> solve
>
> I can see how this tool potentially can explode into meaningsless
> functions, and me too is a follower of the minimialistic, but I think
> we all share some needs that can be automated. A solution would be to
> make it work with plugins, like the Jukebox sync tool for PC; cant
> remember its name right now.
>
> OK, now its thrown out. Is it a stupid idea? I know I myself would use
> it many times a day...
> But we need to sort out the needs, its easy to think everyone share
> our needs, but we're the geeks, updating daily...
>
> /Svante
Received on 2003-07-19