Package Overview
| Name | Content | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Package | Consists of two parts: the server (including importing and exporting utitlities) and the Palm client application | This is the basic package which is needed for a minimal but useful installation. Most users will only need this package. |
| Advanced Web Client | Nice looking graphical PHP web client with many possibilities to search, browse and play music, and to edit metadata. | This fancy web client is a very useful complement to the basic package. |
| Simple Web Client | Mostly text-based PHP web client with limited possibilities serach, browse, edit, upload, and play music. | This raw web client is only useful for special applications where a fast and lightweight web interface is needed. |
| Light Clients | Collection of small and functionally limited clients: IR remote client (LIRC), bluetooth mobile phone client, LCD client, shell command line client. | Nice addons for certain cases and situations. |
How can you support this project?
- Post suggestions and bug reports in the Support discussion forum
- Answer questions of other GD users in the discussion forum
- Send by email a picture and a description of your GiantDisc system, and it will be published in the Showcase section.
- Contribute your code or new clients. More information on that topic in the developers corner.
Legal Stuff
- GiantDisc, including the Palm client, the Perl server scripts and all additional client packages are provided freely as Open Source software, under the terms of the Gnu Public License. Basically this means GiantDisc is copyrighted, but that you have additional freedoms. You are allowed to copy, use and modify GiantDisc provided that you agree: to provide the source to others, not to modify or remove the original license, and to apply this same license to any derivative work. Read the license (GPL) for full details and please contact the copyright holder directly if you have any questions.
- The usual legal notices apply like "We cannot be made liable to damages caused by the GiantDisc software. Use it at your own risk."