Tue, 17 Jan 2006

Netx RPM

I've packaged Netx for FC5: x86 RPM, SRPM. Thanks to Anthony this version will install itself as the handler for JNLP files. WARNING: I've disabled the security code in this version, so use at your own risk.

Install it and you will have a new javaws command. Now you can try a couple fun things. First, listen to the radio:

javaws -headless -jnlp http://irate.sourceforge.net/webstart/stable/irate-client-swt.jnlp

(This one must be run headless due to an unusual bug... either be patient while it downloads, or run it normally and then kill it after the download and then re-run with -headless.)

Then you can run a fun game:

javaws -jnlp http://rockz.co.uk/preview/plugin/rockz.jnlp

I've been playing this lately but I'm really bad at it.

Unfortunately netx doesn't play too well with gcj 4.0.x, so this package won't really work on your FC4 box.

Duh, I just realized that I should just give out real JNLP links: here's iRate Radio and Rockz. I still haven't tried this part, let me know if it works :-)

posted at: 18:11 | path: /software | permanent link to this entry

Rockz

I went through a number of the applications on the connect and work site, trying them with netx and gij. Only a few really worked, mostly due to bugs in our still-new swing implementation.

However, Rockz is a fun game that actually works great.

Last night I made a netx RPM; I'll post it once I dig up a rawhide box to test it on.

NetBeans -vs- gcj

The NetBeans FAQ mentions gcj. We must have officially arrived. Dalibor thinks we'll run NetBeans this year. I'm a bit less sure, simply because it uses a number of internal APIs, which are occasionally a pain to work around.

posted at: 10:51 | path: /software | permanent link to this entry