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3.1 KiB
HTML
180 lines
3.1 KiB
HTML
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>Analysis</TITLE
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="Hosting Applications"
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>Appendix A. Hosting Applications</TD
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>A.1. Analysis</H1
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>An operating system by itself is not much fun. What makes an OS
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great is the applications that can be run on top of it. Unfortunately,
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Pocket Linux currently does not have much room for anything other than
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system programs. Still, it would be nice to expand the system just enough
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to host some cool applications. Obviously a full-blown X-Windows GUI is
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out of the question, but running a small console based program should be
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within our reach.</P
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>Rather than doing a typical "hello world" program as an example,
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application hosting will be demonstrated using a console based audio
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player called mp3blaster. Building mp3blaster offers more technical
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challenge than "hello world" and the finished product should be a lot more
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fun. However, it should not be construed that a console-based jukebox is
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the only application for Pocket Linux. On the contrary, after completing
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this phase the reader should have the knowledge and tools to build almost
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any console-based program he or she desires.</P
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>So what will it take to turn a pocket-sized GNU/Linux system into a
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pocket-sized mp3 player? A few things are listed below.</P
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>Add support for audio hardware.</P
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>Create space for the mp3blaster program.</P
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>Provide a convenient way to access audio files.</P
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