> This would give us an installation method as well
>as a hook for running user space programs

Err.. we'd still need a method for getting the actual executable program down to the empeg.

Well, RZ works nicely for that. But I had another crazy thought. What about Frank's method? Send your userland programs as songs in Emplode. Feed the FID to the kernel-menu via a config.ini edit like so:

[userland_programs]
1a7c=Emptris
a7f2=GPS Navigator
23f=Activate Oil Slick
4f32=Activate Smoke Screen
5c2b=Launch Missiles

The menuing system could then simply run them directly from the FIDS folder.

This would allow you to install simple userland apps without even needing the developer image of the software. Just emplode and the custom kernel. No tedious mucking about at the shell.

Of course, the userland apps would have to be self-contained in a single executable file. If you had a bunch of support files for the app, then you'd have to make the userland app a little self-extractor or something. That'd be cool, too.

Oh, but darn, this won't work! Because the 2.0 emplode won't let us send a file to the player unless it's a valid MP3. Too bad there's no option to override the MP3-checking in 2.0, like holding down the CTRL key as you import, or putting in a secret registry setting or something.HINT HINT empeg guys!