Release 0.2.7
Submitted by lsantha on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 05:08.
This release features OpenJDK Swing/AWT, VESA support, frame buffer console, new shell command framework, configure tool and Samba file system.
Screenshots are available here.
The changelog can be found here.
Please check the hardware requirements.
Files:
- jnode-x86-0.2.7.iso.gz, gzip compressed ISO image.
Uncompress it to burn a CD-ROM with or to use in VMWare. - jnode-src-0.2.7.tar.gz, all sources.
- jnode-x86-0.2.7.iso.vmx, this vmx file can be directly used with free vmware-player, for easy testing JNode
- vmdk-jnode-0.2.7.tar.gz, this package contains two vmdk disc images to use in JNode. It features a fat32 and an ext2 partition, each 4GB in size
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Not Windows Friendly
gzip and tar are not very friendly for Windows users
I still haven't figured out how to use the disk images and I would be considered a power user
How about just using zip?
why don't you try 7-zip? You
why don't you try 7-zip? You can uncompress tar.gzip files with it. It is also GPL'ed. www.7-zip.org is their web site...
Google is your friend
The first Google search results for "gzip windows" and "tar windows" are the following links:
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gtar.htm
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gzip.htm
http://www.gzip.org/
To answer your question, gzip + tar give much better compression and are free from patented algorithms. And as you can see, they are freely and widely available for Windows, and just about any other modern platform.
Also good places for such
Also good places for such windows tools are:
http://www.7-zip.org/
http://www.cygwin.com/
ya gotta make it easy ;-)
7-zip worked nicely.. thank you
I find it interesting that almost every package suggested above is available in zip format.
Well duh ...
I find it interesting that almost every package suggested above is available in zip format.
If they distributed gzip and tar to Windows folks in tar + gzip format, they wouldn't be able to use them.