Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Mar 1998 01:48:07 -0800 (PST) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: [off topic] GGI Project Unhappy On Linux |
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On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Marek Habersack wrote: [snip] > > I'm not speaking for you. I'm looking at the average of all Linux > > users. You bring the average down, but games are still in the top 10. > I think you have a completely wrong idea of an average Linux user. If you > think it's the same Joe Blow that uses Win9x then you're insulting all of us. > Whoever I talk to about Linux and games just smiles at me and makes a gesture > suggesting I'm insane ;-) I just hope games will never be in the top 10 for > Linux. I don't think one needs thousands of games on a web, news, mail etc. > server...
I disagree Caldera is making $$$ by making a linux distrib and slapping a pretty xwindows interfavce on it and charging $125 us for it.
I run the #linux channel on starchat, I find myself spending a lot of time walking newbies through linux installations on thgeir pcs and usually it's not for use as a server.
On this machine Linux is the only os, it's a whole lot less aggravating then win95 was, the closest I come is Novell dos (now caldera dos) installed in dosemu. The only reason I keep the servers on this machine is so that when I'm bored I can learn something new. :)
I also seem to recall an attampt to make money by copyrighting the name Linux as a "desktop operating system"
> > Don't think I'm a gamer either, because I seldom use games. I'm not > > sure I have 10 other more important things though. (software development, > > Internet access... maybe a few other things but not 10) > I'm sorry for you. I think I have some 100 more important things than games on > my list. And I'm even more sure that most of the Linux people thinks the same.
Depends who you talk to. [snip]
> > Nope. You'd like to think GGI proponents are all serious gamers, > > wouldn't you? I'd like to play a game once a month or so. > Then fire up DOSEMU and play Super Mario Bros or whatever you like.
I can't tell you how many times this machine has gone down because somone fired up X on another console while leaving dosemu open. Changing from X to a text mode console is a roll of the dice with almost tolerable odds. X to dosemu or svgalib almost allways crashes.
Sure it's a great server. But a lot of people are using it for games, and as a win95 replacement. Gerhard
ps not one word about the sysrq funcions to change back to text more there is no possible way I can teach the people who crash this machine how to use them.
-- Gerhard Mack gmack@imag.net innerfire@starchat.net
As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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