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