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diff --git a/community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn b/community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn index 8b6c4226..ff169b0a 100644 --- a/community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn +++ b/community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn @@ -112,7 +112,13 @@ monologue at the end... I really should put these ideas into my blog.)"* Another example of features which would be easily possible with the Hurd: -* media-player translator: +* transparent ftp (already possible!): + - settrans -c ftp: /hurd/hostmux /hurd/ftpfs / + - ls ftp://ftp.gnu.org/ + - # -> list the files on the FTP server. + + +* media-player translator: - settrans play /hurd/mediaplayer_play - cp song1.ogg song2.ogg play - # -> files get buffered and played. @@ -246,8 +252,8 @@ Applications A minor phase, which will surely be interleaved with the others: Making the ideas tangible to turn them into ways how people can use the Hurd. -"Hey, look, this is the Hurd. You can use it like this to do that which you can't do -as well/easily/elegantly in any other way." +*"Hey, look, this is the Hurd. You can use it like this to do that which you can't do +as well/easily/elegantly in any other way."* ### Applications for private use @@ -264,18 +270,18 @@ it's too hard. From what I see, each direct cool application must be about as simple as -$ qemu hurd-is-cool.img -$ login root -$ settrans cool /hurd/cool +$ qemu hurd-is-cool.img +$ login root +$ settrans cool /hurd/cool $ ls cool One main focus in this example is: No command line parameters but the ones we really need. No "-a", if the example is also cool without it. No "--console" if it works otherwise. -Especially no "qemu --cd livecd --hda hurd.img ..." - that one is great for -specialists, but the goal here isn't to teach people better usage of qemu, -but to show them that the Hurd is cool, and only that. +Especially no *"qemu --cd livecd --hda hurd.img ..."* - that one is great for +people who already know qemu or want to learn it, but the goal here isn't to teach people +better usage of qemu, but to show them that the Hurd is cool, and only that. All that interesting advanced stuff just gets newcomers confused. |