On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:25:12PM -0500, Andrew wrote: > Here are the packages currently installed on the Ubuntu: > > barry-util > barrybackup-gui > libbarry0 > opensync-plugin-barry > > seems like barrybackup-gui is a subset of the overal gui ?
The barrybackup program is the only GUI that comes with Barry right now, and it provides backup and restore. The rest makes up the library, header files, the command line utilities, the udev rules and bcharge program, and the opensync plugins. There are opensync GUIs, but that's outside of the scope of Barry. > Can barry be used to tether Blackberry Storm as a modem? The pppob command line program (included in barry-util) is called by pppd for tethered modem, yes. Whether it works with your Blackberry is a matter of testing though. :-) See the /etc/ppp/peers directory for some sample options files. See also the documentation at the main Barry site for more detailed instructions: http://netdirect.ca/barry > (Sorry -- google hits show lots of forum material on barry but the > forum website seems to be down) What's the URL? Are you talking about the Sourceforge trackers? > Also, if I am to get time and courage to resume my efforts to compile > barry with gui, I would, of course, need to remove all four of the above > packages, correct? If you compile, but don't do the "make install" part, you can run the programs from your build directories. But if you install, yes I would recommend removing all the other packages. > Any advantages in the GUI over the CLI version? Any functionality > difference, such that the CLI functionality is lesser? The GUI makes backups and restores easier, backing up all the databases into a tar.gz file. It is technically possible to do it from the command line, but not very polished. The command line tools adjust the USB power level, so you can charge the battery. There's a btool program which flexes the capatility of the library. There are programs for moving data to and from your Blackberry and LDAP. There's the modem tethering. And there's support for loading and managing java apps. And there's a rudimentary FUSE module to mount your Blackberry as a tree of databases. Most people do syncing from the command line too. There's not much overlap between the GUI and CLI. They do different things. Hope that helps, - Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
