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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, Scott Davis writes:
> Is there a GUI for legOS like Bricx CC for NQC? If there is, is it easier
> to use and do you lose features useing it?
It really WOULD be nice if someone created a simplified way of getting up
and running for legOS, even if it didn't actually contain a GUI interface
for programming (though I by no means would discourage someone from
providing THAT as well!) or some minor 'features' were lost in the process.
Consider how basically simple it is to install BricXCC: download nqc, unzip,
download BricXCC, unzip, run. Currently it takes at least a few hours to get
legOS running, and that's if everything goes extremely smoothly. I got it
working once just before my computer died but have had no desire to
reexperience this painful process since then.
Is there anyone who has made a "legOS installation for the time-deprived and
pain-intolerant"? Even just having a setup that would be sufficient for 95%
of prospective users would go a long way to getting more people interested
in using this interesting alternative OS. For starters, a pre-compiled
kernel ready for downloading would be extremely welcome! If anyone really
wants to have a different kernel, they are certainly still welcome to use
the full install to do so. And a single zip file for Win-98 compatible OS's
that contains just what you'd need to compile and download programs to the
brick would be equally desirable. Anyone that wants the source code to
cygwin, pearl, the gcc compiler, etc., can still get it - it's only a click
away. But why *force* everyone to have to do so?
The benefits would be a larger number of people starting to use this, and
possibly some of them getting so hooked that they'd volunteer to continue
improving legOS for everyone else.
--
David Schilling
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| Hello David, (...) What would it help? (...) Have you ever tried legOS? First, if you are running legOS from Linux, you don't need cygwin and that kind of things. They are only needed to resemble a UNIX enviroment under DOS. And the UNIX system is (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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