> > A lot of useful command line tools have gone to the mist. > > Hope the same will not get perl, python, ruby... > > So, what command-line tools do you miss? I've got an idle scratchbox > here. None. I still have my 770 and it works fine. I made a mistake and said my word or two about trend in device making. I am bsd user and having dedicated box just for few apps is no go to me. Sorry for the noise. > I've built some today (less, links, mc, wget; made vim actually > installable). I don't have upload privileges to maemo extras yet, so > you can find them only at http://mg.pov.lt/770/ Huts down! Ten point for you! > Python is semi-installable on OS2008 today; for some packages you have > to go through the kitten dance[1] to avoid broken CDN proxies. Broken repository is a shame. And 2-3 weeks of broken repository is something I cannot say on the list. > [1] The kitten dance is this (needs root): I put all files in the same directory and it goes well. I found your answers very helpfull. So thank you for the sake od maemo users. Zoran