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Does Linux Have a 'Demo' Scene?

Posted by Cliff on from the searching-for-the-right-subculture dept.

BigWhale asks: "I used to follow things that were happening on the Old School demo scenes a few years ago, then after a failed hard disk, I moved on and lost track. So, for old times sake I started poking around a little bit. What's happening with the scene, is it still alive? Indeed it is. Coding style is much different with DirectX, and hardware accelerated demos, but I'm 100% Linux oriented right now and I want to start a Linux Demo project. SDL by Loki Games is pretty neat, but is this the only thing that one could use to write a demo, what about ClanLib? How is with the sound support, I know about Midas and MikMod, is there anything else? I checked www.scene.org and there is one link there regarding Linux, but it's not working. So my question to /. is where would an old school demo coder, that wants to work with Linux, look for resources or scene hangouts?" I've watched demos [?] (small multimedia shorts) on just about everything from the Amiga Desktop to DOS and now Windows, does Linux have a similar subculture?

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  1. Linux Demoscene by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    I suggest you check out http://linuxscn.planet-d.net. They've got links to some demos, intros, and "tinys" (short demo parts). Often , the source code is also available!

  2. feed me, seymour by Jamie+Zawinski · · Score: 2


    xscreensaver wants you!

    1. Re:feed me, seymour by Jamie+Zawinski · · Score: 2

      This is all very well but screensavers!=demos. I know that Skal/bomb did a few graphics hacks for xscreensaver, but a demo is much more than a unique, silent, screen.

      So the difference between a ``demo'' and a ``screensaver'' is that the former makes noise and the latter doesn't?

      That's nonsense. There is no difference: they are both eye candy. Show me a ``demo'' and I'll show you a program I want to use as a screen saver.

    2. Re:feed me, seymour by booch · · Score: 2

      I think JWZ was saying that if he creates a demo, he could contribute it to be used in xscreensaver. I don't think that he was implying that xscreensaver hacks are great demos, although I would say that many of them are pretty good mini-demos.

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  3. In need of? by booch · · Score: 2

    I really don't think we need either. Besides, I just said that if he writes a demo, it could be used as a screensaver. So I was encouraging him to write a demo and submit it to xscreensaver.

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  4. #demoscene on OPN by dan_bethe · · Score: 2

    Join channel #demoscene on the Open Projects Network. Try the servers irc.openprojects.net, irc.us.openprojects.net, or irc.linux.com.

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