Vikram's "Muse" » Linux http://viks.org v. intr. To consider or say thoughtfully Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:43:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Miguel in town, Nat posts some cool Beagle demos, Update on Beagle for windows http://viks.org/2005/01/27/miguel-in-town-nat-posts-some-cool-beagle-demos-update-on-beagle-for-windows/ http://viks.org/2005/01/27/miguel-in-town-nat-posts-some-cool-beagle-demos-update-on-beagle-for-windows/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:51:49 +0000 Vikram http://viks.org/archives/2005/01/27/miguel-in-town-nat-posts-some-cool-beagle-demos-update-on-beagle-for-windows/ Went to a cool Eritrean place for dinner and to hang out with Miguel (and a bunch of Mono fans) since he is in town for a few days. Interesting discussions ensued about whether “Thick” applications were getting outmoded by “offline-aware” “Thin” “Rich” web-applications. * phew *

In other news, nat’s put up a few cool demos of Beagle (the desktop search tool that is being worked on by those in the Gnome, Mono and Novell communities) and Mono. nat friedman: some demos of simple activities in Beagle and Mono. I will be keenly watching where Beagle goes… and how it impacts Dashboard.

It is also fun to note that two of the coolest projects in the Linux community are named after dogs ;-) (The upcoming version of Helix/Real Player is called Balto )

Also, here is some info on the progress of Beagle for windows:
Beagle for Windows

]]> http://viks.org/2005/01/27/miguel-in-town-nat-posts-some-cool-beagle-demos-update-on-beagle-for-windows/feed/ 2 Article on Helix in Linux User and Developer Magazine http://viks.org/2004/12/28/article-on-helix-in-linux-user-and-developer-magazine/ http://viks.org/2004/12/28/article-on-helix-in-linux-user-and-developer-magazine/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2004 03:58:10 +0000 Vikram http://viks.org/archives/2004/12/28/article-on-helix-in-linux-user-and-developer-magazine/ Helix was the subject of a recent magazine article. I am quoted a few times in there.

HelixArticleLU.pdf (413 KB) (Article appeared in issue 42
of LinuxUser & Developer and was written by Jono Bacon)

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This project is the answer to that question – the team’s been working on creating a context aware, multiple domain search engine and it has just reached 0.0.4.

Beagle
Beagle is a search tool that ransacks your personal information space to find whatever you’re looking for.

Also check Nat’s Dashboard page.

Update (Dec 12, 2004):
From the comments…

Fredrik Hedberg Says:
December 12th, 2004 at 7:30 pm e
Win32 port stuff is here: http://users.avafan.com/~fredrik/activity/

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RealNetworks Announces 13 New Versions of RealPlayer for Linux and Mac OS X for Europe And Asia
New Distribution Agreement with Leading Linux Developer in Asia solidifies RealPlayer as the Top Media Player for Linux Desktop; Points to Another Development Success for Helix Community.

It is always nice to see the efforts of a team – especially one as diverse and virtual as mine (at least on the Linux front) be acknowledged. After months of hardwork, voluntary contribution from internal employees and many external contributors my team has delivered what I personally believe is the best Linux streaming multimedia player ever produced. Even better, it is also the real player that has support for the most languages ever. My design focus for this release was to keep it simple, make sure it fits well into the environment and doesn’t try to do what the user doesn’t ask of it to. Also, the experience starts not from when you launch the player but from when you think about getting it… and we have improved that too, thanks to the hardworking web team.
RP Linux
The amazing effect of “community” is now showing it’s magic as I am steadily expanding my network of business relationships (and friendships) to places such as Boston/Utah all the way to Beijing/Tokyo, sharing a common goal of creating the best multimedia experiences for end users. To all the friends of Linux Multimedia worldwide – thank you! Ever comment, suggestion and criticism was welcome and very valuable.
HelixnReal

It is harder to juggle words here about my multiple responsibilities (I work on both Linux and Mac players as well as the Open Source efforts) than it was actually juggling the design and development of these players. So, without calling out which one is my first love – I would also like to say how much fun we had with the new RealPlayer 10 for Mac product. MacRPThe kudos from the users have been rolling in – and again, I believe (as do all those emails) that this is indeed the best Mac streaming multimedia player ever produced.

I am very happy to be working with such wonderful teams. It once again shows what small passionate teams can achieve.

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