Re: Odp: Re: just some thoughts

2006-08-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-08-24 23:29:42, schrieb Matej Cepl: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > So what's /usr/games? > > for games installed from .deb packages (/usr/ should be limited just to > whatever was put there by dpkg). Thanks. Someone with knowledge. ;-) I have downloaded several games and compiled it static

Re: Odp: Re: just some thoughts

2006-08-28 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-08-24 23:29:42, schrieb Matej Cepl: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > So what's /usr/games? > > for games installed from .deb packages (/usr/ should be limited just to > whatever was put there by dpkg). Thanks. Someone with knowledge. ;-) I have downloaded several games and compiled it static

Re: Odp: Re: just some thoughts

2006-08-24 Thread Matej Cepl
Paul Johnson wrote: >> IF games are good coded and static compiled they >> are working always and on any locations. > > So what's /usr/games? for games installed from .deb packages (/usr/ should be limited just to whatever was put there by dpkg). Matěj -- GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB

Re: Odp: Re: just some thoughts

2006-08-24 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thursday 24 August 2006 06:01, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2006-07-25 08:03:34, schrieb Roberto C. Sanchez: > > > That's what LSB is for. > > > > If it ony it were that simple :-) > > > > LSB *requires* RPM! Yuck! > > GAMES should be installed in /opt// or ~/bin// > > IF games are good coded a

Re: Odp: Re: just some thoughts

2006-08-24 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-07-25 08:03:34, schrieb Roberto C. Sanchez: > > That's what LSB is for. > > > If it ony it were that simple :-) > > LSB *requires* RPM! Yuck! GAMES should be installed in /opt// or ~/bin// IF games are good coded and static compiled they are working always and on any locations. Greet

Re: Odp: Re: just some thoughts

2006-08-24 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-07-25 06:42:50, schrieb John Hasler: > Zbigniew writes: > > There's a lot of free games attached to childrens' magazines. Most of > > them are only for Windows, there is no way to play them on linux. > > If they are gratis, why do they need to be closed-source? Because the Spy-Ware which

Re: Odp: Re: just some thoughts

2006-08-24 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-07-25 10:32:10, schrieb Zbigniew Wiech: > I also has this problem. There's a lot of free games attached to > childrens' magazines. Most of them are only for Windows, there is no way > to play them on linux. With all respect to WINEs people, its in very ... > beta stage. It failed to open

Re: Odp: Re: just some thoughts

2006-07-25 Thread hendrik
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 06:42:50AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Zbigniew writes: > > There's a lot of free games attached to childrens' magazines. Most of > > them are only for Windows, there is no way to play them on linux. > > If they are gratis, why do they need to be closed-source? Maybe it's

Re: Odp: Re: just some thoughts

2006-07-25 Thread John Hasler
Roberto writes: > LSB *requires* RPM! So what? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Odp: Re: just some thoughts

2006-07-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 06:42:50AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Zbigniew writes: > > There's a lot of free games attached to childrens' magazines. Most of > > them are only for Windows, there is no way to play them on linux. > > If they are gratis, why do they need to be closed-source? > That is a

Re: Odp: Re: just some thoughts

2006-07-25 Thread John Hasler
Zbigniew writes: > There's a lot of free games attached to childrens' magazines. Most of > them are only for Windows, there is no way to play them on linux. If they are gratis, why do they need to be closed-source? > In my opinion strong standardisation of linux would help. What's the > point for

Odp: Re: just some thoughts

2006-07-25 Thread Zbigniew Wiech
I also has this problem. There's a lot of free games attached to childrens' magazines. Most of them are only for Windows, there is no way to play them on linux. With all respect to WINEs people, its in very ... beta stage. It failed to open anything I tried. In my opinion strong standardisation o