Erik Moeller wrote:
With some crack Linux hackers we should be able to whip up something that runs on a 486 (using a miniature Linux distro for embedded devices and a very lean webbrowser like Dillo).
Now that would be something I'd like to see. If we ever seriously got behind such a project, I think the guys working on dillo would actively support us. The goals of the dillo project are completely in line with this sort of work.
Stephen G.
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 sgilbert@nbnet.nb.ca wrote:
Erik Moeller wrote:
With some crack Linux hackers we should be able to whip up something that runs on a 486 (using a miniature Linux distro for embedded devices and a very lean webbrowser like Dillo).
Now that would be something I'd like to see. If we ever seriously got behind such a project, I think the guys working on dillo would actively support us. The goals of the dillo project are completely in line with this sort of work.
I just gave Dillo a quick try -- I'm quite impressed that it does as much as it does in 343,840 bytes (on my mac!) but it doesn't seem to support Unicode yet. That'll need to get fixed. Hopefully I can convince someone else to do it so I don't get sucked into another project. :)
But yeah, that could make a cool "bootable Wikipedia"... ;)
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
Erik Moeller wrote:
With some crack Linux hackers we should be able to whip up something that runs on a 486 (using a miniature Linux distro for embedded devices and a very lean webbrowser like Dillo).
I have a related suggestion: how about trying to get a regular linux distro to bundle wikipedia 1.0? It would be particularly attractive in third world counties. Also this requires no extra work like getting it to render properly on Dillo etc.
Arvind
Arvind Narayanan wrote:
I have a related suggestion: how about trying to get a regular linux distro to bundle wikipedia 1.0? It would be particularly attractive in third world counties. Also this requires no extra work like getting it to render properly on Dillo etc.
This is a great idea, and almost certain to be implemented by them, without much effort on our part.
Well, except for the herculean effort of making 1.0 in the first place, of course. ;-)
Jimmy Wales wrote:
Arvind Narayanan wrote:
I have a related suggestion: how about trying to get a regular linux distro to bundle wikipedia 1.0? It would be particularly attractive in third world counties. Also this requires no extra work like getting it to render properly on Dillo etc.
This is a great idea, and almost certain to be implemented by them, without much effort on our part.
Well, except for the herculean effort of making 1.0 in the first place, of course. ;-)
As much as I support the principles behind this initiative, I sometimes wonder about the extent to which we are underestimating the difficulties, and overestimating the infrastructural capacities of these places. For us first generation software seems to be from the stone age; they're trying to figure out how to make it work on a hand-cranked Victrola.
Ec
Jimmy Wales wrote:
Well, except for the herculean effort of making 1.0 in the first place, of course. ;-)
OK, I hacked a sifter test version, to be worshiped at
http://test.wikipedia.org/w/magnus/wiki.phtml?title=Main_Page
It uses the test database. Process works like this: 1. Find a broken link. (Just hit Random page, you'll likely end up on a page with broken links) 2. Click on the broken link. A split screen (yes:frames...) will appear. Bottom has the en.wikipedia page with that topic, Top has a "Submit this!" link. 3. Click on the "Submit this!" link. The article will be imported directly from the en database. It will show as "imported" on Recent Changes.
Things to do: * User management (has probably been done with the whitelist thingy). * Import images. That means the script will have to parse the article for images, I guess :-(
Comments?
Magnus
"Magnus Manske" magnus.manske@web.de wrote:
http://test.wikipedia.org/w/magnus/wiki.phtml?title=Main_Page
Hmm. Interesting. Couple bugs, though...(Chokes on formulas, and when I tried doing the submit for [[Celtic mythology]], it showed fine, but put the talk page as the article.)
Aside from that... I like the concept, could be a good way of doing it.
-- Jake
Jake Nelson wrote:
"Magnus Manske" magnus.manske@web.de wrote:
http://test.wikipedia.org/w/magnus/wiki.phtml?title=Main_Page
Hmm. Interesting. Couple bugs, though...(Chokes on formulas, and when I tried doing the submit for [[Celtic mythology]], it showed fine, but put the talk page as the article.)
The talk page bug is fixed now. The formulas bug (any example?) might be due to the patchy installation I made, and then wouldn't show on a "real" sifter site.
Aside from that... I like the concept, could be a good way of doing it.
Thanks!
Magnus
From http://test.wikipedia.org/w/magnus/wiki.phtml?title=Luminiferous_aether:
Failed to parse (unknown error): \frac{c}{n} = \left( 1 - \frac{1}{n^2} \right) v
where a formula should be. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Magnus Manske" magnus.manske@web.de To: wikipedia-l@Wikipedia.org Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 3:04 AM Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Re: Wikipedia on a cheap computer(was Re: Wikipediav. Britannica)
Jake Nelson wrote:
"Magnus Manske" magnus.manske@web.de wrote:
http://test.wikipedia.org/w/magnus/wiki.phtml?title=Main_Page
Hmm. Interesting. Couple bugs, though...(Chokes on formulas, and when I tried doing the submit for [[Celtic mythology]], it showed fine, but put
the
talk page as the article.)
The talk page bug is fixed now. The formulas bug (any example?) might be due to the patchy installation I made, and then wouldn't show on a "real" sifter site.
Aside from that... I like the concept, could be a good way of doing it.
Thanks!
Magnus
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