Re: Maintaining alternative OS: emulator vs linux emulation layer

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Jun 3,  8:42am, mayuresh%acm.org@localhost (Mayuresh) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: Maintaining alternative OS: emulator vs linux emulation layer
 
| > >DVD writing, DMA speed error
| > >http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.netbsd.general/33185
| > 
| > That's not hard (marvell driver support)
| 
| Added a PR for tracking this.
| http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=46526
| > 
| > >A terminal (such as mlterm) with UTF8 support (also reported upstream,
| > >though problem seems specific to NetBSD)
| > >http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.netbsd.general/32618
| > 
| > This does not seem too hard either. You could file a netbsd-specific PR too.
| Filed http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=46527
| 
| > >Among applications I have a wish list somewhat like this:
| > >
| > >Don't find a good voip client, preferably with CLI:
| > >http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2012/04/08/msg010411.html
| > 
| > That's tough. I've been fighting to get linux skype working again.
| 
| wip/twinkle and wip/linphone compile though don't work yet for me.
| 
| Tried kiax with asterisk once, though no good CLI and quality of voice
| wasn't good (perhaps workable around).
| 
| Doesn't net/skype work? I never tried, though was suggested it requires
| setting some kernel option on NetBSD on following thread:
| http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2012/04/08/msg016097.html

This is skype-2.1. I am trying skype-2.2

| > >I wish to get pyuno to work with either libre or open office
| > >http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-bugs/2012/03/18/msg046959.html
| > 
| > This should be again easy to fix in the package. You can file a PR.
| Above link is of PR already!
| 
| > >Framebuffer (for use with applications like fbi) (not sure whether OS
| > >level issue or a matter of porting fbi to NetBSD)
| > >http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-wip-review/2012/02/26/msg001369.html
| > 
| > ok.
| > 
| > >Java plugin for firefox (not so critical though)
| > >http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=45663
| > 
| > I had this working at somepoint. I will take a look again.
| > 
| > >Also wish these wip packages become usable soon:
| > >- Google chrome browser
| > >- libreoffice for 6.0
| > >- virtualbox
| > 
| > Yes..
| > 
| > For me the hardest now is the USB stuff and VOIP.
| 
| Mayuresh


christos