Re: Gaming Interface

[Dirk <d_i_r_k_@gmx.net>]

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 04:36:01PM +0100, Dirk wrote:
> > Helge Hafting wrote:
> > ...
> > > Either _you_ code your game interface yourself, or you fund
> > > some developers to do it for you. It is that simple.  You can
> > > of course come here and ask advice about how to do it
> > > and what parts will be accepted into the kernel and what parts
> > > must stay outside it.
> > >
> > > This is not the place to post an idea and then expect someone
> > > to actually program it.  This is the place where you may discuss
> > > an idea, and then find out if Linus might accept your patch - or not!
> > >
> > > Helge Hafting
> > Alright. I came to discuss an idea I had
>
> Open source does not work by telling about some seemingly good idea you 
> had and expecting other people to implement your idea.
>
> Open source works by you implementing your idea.
>
> Try it yourself, and you will see the technical problems of your idea
> (e.g. porting userrspace code to the stack-limited kernel or crashing 
> the whole computer with bugs in the libraries) yourself.
>
> > because I realized that 
> > installing Windows and running Linux in VMware is the only _fun_ way to 
> > play "real" Games and have Linux at the same time.
> >
> > And everyone who says I'm a troll doesn't like Games or simple things.
>
> You talk as if you knew everything about games on Windows, but you seem 
> to not even have heard of Wine or Cedega?

I tried to get WoW installed with Cedega 5.2.9 for two days now.

Cedega is not a replacement for ports. And it does not encourage ports.

> Please do your homework before spreading wild guessings and ideas.

Please don't do this...


Dirk

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