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Ubuntu 11.04 and bst

RsadeikaRsadeika Posts: 3,837
edited 2011-05-16 12:46 in General Discussion
I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit on my computer, which I will giving it a trial run. Now the question I have is, does anybody know what the status of bst is? bradc has not been around for quite awhile, and I noticed that bst has not been updated for quite a long time. I am also curious as to what is going to happen to propBASIC, since, I think bean has updated it, but it is not showing up in bst. Hopefully bst will run without any problems on the latest Ubuntu.

Thanks

Ray

Comments

  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2011-05-14 13:11
    It works just fine on 10.10 (64 bit)...
  • Tom.in.MarylandTom.in.Maryland Posts: 17
    edited 2011-05-14 13:24
    I am liking Ubuntu 10 better than 11
  • max72max72 Posts: 1,155
    edited 2011-05-14 14:48
    I have a 11.04 on a asus eeepc 901 go and bst works perfectly.
    By the way I use the "classic no frills" version...
    Massimo
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2011-05-14 15:49
    Just use Debian and be happy:)
  • Martin HodgeMartin Hodge Posts: 1,246
    edited 2011-05-14 19:44
    Heater. wrote: »
    Just use Debian and be happy:)

    Just use CentOS and be left out in the cold:)
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2011-05-14 20:51
    Fedora 10 ( old destop ) , RHEL5.6 ( laptop ) , Puppy / DSL ( Rescquce use) , Debain ( just casue I needed a DEB based OS , and CentOS ( ISO server for My other Distos ) ..

    Are the Distros I use ........ I got Bit by the TUX bug in 2005 . ( sadly Its not of to snuff to replace OSX for My Video/audio work .

    sadly I have no need to use Linux for day to day use as I have a mac . If you need Really good compatability and are willing to work Debain is really a Well made Distro ..


    Peter
  • RsadeikaRsadeika Posts: 3,837
    edited 2011-05-16 07:45
    I have been using bst for a couple of days, and seems like the IDE is losing the keyboard. I have the IDE setup for monospace, and the keyboard is a PS/2 connection. The problem is, that at certain points, when I am typing in some commands, the IDE does not respond to the keypress. Then I have to close the window, and start over again. I did not have this problem in some of the earlier versions of Ubuntu.

    Now, I think, what is arising is, since bradc is no longer responding, then we are basically locked into an old version of Ubuntu. I guess that is the problem with this kind of "free" software. I guess I will have to go back to Win 7, and use the Parallax supported Propeller IDE. bradc was on the right track, but, he must of lost interest along the way.

    Ray
  • SSteveSSteve Posts: 808
    edited 2011-05-16 08:05
    Rsadeika wrote: »
    Now, I think, what is arising is, since bradc is no longer responding, then we are basically locked into an old version of Ubuntu. I guess that is the problem with this kind of "free" software. I guess I will have to go back to Win 7, and use the Parallax supported Propeller IDE. bradc was on the right track, but, he must of lost interest along the way.

    That's the problem when free software is not open-source. Andrey Demenev is writing a cross-platform open-source editor called PZST. It's in the early stages, but it's already looking really good and is working fine on my Mac (he develops on Linux and Windows). It uses bstc as its back-end compiler, but hopefully that won't turn out to be a problem.

    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?129362-PZST-an-open-source-Propeller-IDE-in-development
  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
    edited 2011-05-16 08:05
    Maybe something bad happened. I'm sure Ken, or somebody has contact info beyond this forum. We should get somebody to officially inquire.
  • SSteveSSteve Posts: 808
    edited 2011-05-16 11:29
    potatohead wrote: »
    Maybe something bad happened. I'm sure Ken, or somebody has contact info beyond this forum. We should get somebody to officially inquire.

    In this post Brad explained that his entire three-month backup system got corrupted by an incompatibility between Linux and his SATA controller. I haven't seen any posts from him since then.
  • RsadeikaRsadeika Posts: 3,837
    edited 2011-05-16 12:46
    I am no longer worried about it, I switched back to Win 7 64-bit. From now on I am going to stick with updated, and working software.

    Ray
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