[mdlug] Rox Stallion

[M. D. Krauss]

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:34:47 -0400
"Robert J. Clay" <rjclay at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6/23/07, M. D. Krauss <zeros0and1ones at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I recently noticed rox-app-stallion in the Debian/Rox repository at:
> >
> > deb ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/rox4debian binary/
> >
> > It is apparently a Gecko-based browser designed to integrate with
> > the Rox desktop.  I wanted to see what it was like, so I apt-get
> > installed it, but it won't run.
> 
>      What does that mean, "won't run"?

Well, I didn't go in to details as I was not asking for help getting
it to run, but here is what happened:

ROX software (unfortunately, in my opinion) is distributed through a
system called Zero-Install.  This system automatically installs/updates
programs when you try to run them.

The unofficial Debian repository mentioned above carries a number of
zero-install "launchers" for Rox programs.  When you install one, you
basically get a clickable icon in Rox that will start the Zero-install
"injector" and try to install and run the program for you.

When I clicked on the clickable icon, the injector told me it could not
get the files it needed. The specific error the injector gives is:

Error downloading 'xulrunner':

Error downloading 'http://dist.opendocumentfellowship.org/xulrunner':
HTTP Error 404: Not Found


> > So, okay, I just wanted to get an idea about it, so I went to the
> > web to find some screen-shots or such.  I can't find any evidence,
> > even on Google Groups, that there is any such program in
> > existence.  I even checked some open-source development pages (such
> > as Sourceforge) for the project - nada.
> 
>     What did you search for?  I had no problems finding information
> about it;  where I mostly looked was at  rox.sourceforge.net, with
> Debian specific information at
> http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/Debian...

This appears to be information about how to install Rox on Debian.  I
have no problem with this, and have been running Rox on Debian for a
long time.  I use it in conjunction with Window-maker, and highly
recommend the pair.

What I was interested in is getting a look at the specific Rox
application called "Stallion" which is apparently a web browser.