BusyBox - Any alternatives or upgrades? - maemo.org

Soham | # 1 | 2010-11-14, 05:34 | Report

well hello everyone...

i'm new to both my new nokia n900 and ofcourse to the OS bt well sumhw i began to wonder that as we all knw that the x terminal in it is kinda wich is called "BusyBox" is of quite an older version(v1.10.2)...

and nt to mention its limitation of commands...

so i did sum googling if i can actually upgrade the BusyBox to push its limit .... so i came over this site...

http://maemo-experience.blogspot.com...-for-n900.html

please check it out and CAN ANYONE SUGGEST ME IF IT WILL B SAFE well technically

! has anyone done it yet ???

chemist | # 2 | 2010-11-15, 10:53 | Report

Hi Sohma,

welcome to maemo.

I moved your post from Brainstorm to Applications and let it become it's own thread.

Please write as you speak or at least as it is readable. (There is a funny way to write things I came along lately, as long as the first and the last character of a word match, the length eg the number of characters and the type of characters are the same as the word you want to write it is getting readable. I don't care but others do.)

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jedi | # 3 | 2010-11-15, 10:54 | Report

You could just use Bash http://maemo.org/packages/view/bash/

kureyon | # 4 | 2010-11-15, 12:57 | Report

Bash on its own doesn't really replace busybox. To replace busybox's cutdown utils with the real McCoy install coreutils-gnu (and set $PATH accordingly)

Soham | # 5 | 2010-11-15, 18:03 | Report

Originally Posted by chemist View Post

Hi Soham,

welcome to maemo.

I moved your post from Brainstorm to Applications and let it become it's own thread.

Please write as you speak or at least as it is readable. (There is a funny way to write things I came along lately, as long as the first and the last character of a word match, the length eg the number of characters and the type of characters are the same as the word you want to write it is getting readable. I don't care but others do.)

sure ! i'll keep that in mind...

i was too much into complex sentences... hehe

Soham | # 6 | 2010-11-15, 18:09 | Report

Originally Posted by kureyon View Post

Bash on its own doesn't really replace busybox. To replace busybox's cutdown utils with the real McCoy install coreutils-gnu (and set $PATH accordingly)

well you knw..i'm kinda a noob abt dis OS as im new to it...so cud u plz explain it a bit more??

geneven | # 7 | 2010-11-15, 18:48 | Report

I don't think you should try to replace Busy Box; that's a bad project for a noob. You would actually want to have a good reason for such a project.

You really should try to use regular spelling more. Of course, if you want to minimize the number of people who read your messages and get the worst advice you can get, you have adopted a great strategy. But if you want well-informed opinion, you should try communicating clearly. I doubt that I can convince you, so that's the last suggestion I have for you.

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kureyon | # 8 | 2010-11-15, 19:11 | Report

Originally Posted by Soham View Post

well you knw..i'm kinda a noob abt dis OS as im new to it...so cud u plz explain it a bit more??

If you have to ask then you really shouldn't be doing it. If you insist on doing it then you could start here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Joerg_rw/tools
with the section "proper bash and tools"

And search the forum, there are a few threads floating around.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post

You really should try to use regular spelling more.

+1. Using "abbreviations" and misspellings and dropping vowels may be OK when you're txting but on a forum it's just sloppy and uncool.

Soham | # 9 | 2010-11-15, 19:20 | Report

Originally Posted by kureyon View Post

If you have to ask then you really shouldn't be doing it. If you insist on doing it then you could start here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Joerg_rw/tools
with the section "proper bash and tools"

And search the forum, there are a few threads floating around.

+1. Using "abbreviations" and misspellings and dropping vowels may be OK when you're txting but on a forum it's just sloppy and uncool.

oops! my apologies!! i will get it right from next time onwards..

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Soham | # 10 | 2010-11-15, 19:30 | Report

Originally Posted by kureyon View Post

If you have to ask then you really shouldn't be doing it. If you insist on doing it then you could start here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Joerg_rw/tools
with the section "proper bash and tools"

And search the forum, there are a few threads floating around.

Thanks! i will start with this one for now !!