Posted by
timothy
on from the cd-r-handheld-ogg-player dept.
ThatKidYouDid writes "Wired.com is holding a vote for this years best
vaporware. My vote definitely goes to the oqo, although I'd still snag one if they ever materialized. What do others really wish could have happened by Xmas?"
What? Doom III isn't delayed, is it? It's supposed to be out "when it's done". I'd vote, as always, for Daikatana. No, just kidding. That'd be Duke Nukem Forever.
Re:Doom III
by
tbradshaw
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· Score: 3, Informative
At least we know from the leaked alpha that the game will ROCK:-)
If you've played the alpha and it rocks, and you're sure that it will rock when it comes out... how exactly is it vaporware?
I've had the pleasure of seeing the DOOM 3 theater presentation at QuakeCon 2002, and I can assure you that DOOM 3 is no where near vaporware. It's just so advanced that it's taking a slightly longer development cycle than your typical derived engined game.
I would probably guess that it's more finished than unfinished at this point. (entirely speculation) And Todd Hollenshead did joke with the crowd at QCon that id wasn't in the habit of showing preview versions of the same game year after year at E3.
Re:Might I suggest...?
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sparrow_hawk
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· Score: 2, Informative
*cough*RedHat8.0*cough*
Ehrm, sorry about that. Got a nasty cold right now. (/me wipes germ-filled spittle off my face.)
YMMV, but I think that RedHat 8.0 is really surprisingly usable, though it does take a little bit of tweaking. Unifying the desktops was a brilliant move, Bluecurve is servicable (certainly better than Luna!), and they're working at eliminating the complexity of install and configuration. Now if they would fix that @#$*!!! menu structure (!!Extras!!), reduce the number of separate configuration applets I need to wade through to do darn near *anything*, and reinclude MP3 support. (Licensing schmicensing.)
For that matter, it would be nice if they'd include xine or mplayer (preferably with QT and WMA support), RealPlayer, and Flash for those who gotta get their Flash game fix. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know -- it ain't OSS. While we're wishing, maybe RedHat could fund open-source alternatives?
Still, it's the largest step in the right direction I've seen a distro take. It isn't there yet, but it's closer. Don't knock it.:)
Re:Might I suggest...?
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Chazmati
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· Score: 3, Informative
Ditto here! RH 8.0 is nice, and you hit the nail on the head:
Extras? (slaps forehead) So THAT'S where gftp, abiword, tux racer etc. went. What were they thinking? Half of the menu items removed and duplicated under "Extras"?
And although I can't knock them for the.mp3 support, I thought 'Psyche' was surprisingly weak on video tools. Why not include Kino, dvgrab, gscanbus, avifile, mjpegtools, mplayer, etc?
Re:Vaporware ...
by
(startx)
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· Score: 4, Informative
... an actual gaming system based on linux
Did you try the Gentoo 1.4rc1 live cd? It booted, loaded the nvidia driver, and started the ut2003 demo for me with zero trouble.
Ted Nelson's Xanadu.
by
Blaede
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· Score: 2, Informative
Halo for PC.. ive been waiting since it first came out for xbox. I want! I want!
Re:You can have both
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sparrow_hawk
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· Score: 2, Informative
Huh. Didn't know that. Wish they would include a prominent link to that Multimedia page on their initial "do you want to register?" web page.
Their "revamped" RPM manager makes me grouchy too, since it can only see those packages that the installation program installed, and not anything I add later. Grr... At least there's always the command-line.
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What? Doom III isn't delayed, is it? It's supposed to be out "when it's done". I'd vote, as always, for Daikatana. No, just kidding. That'd be Duke Nukem Forever.
If you've played the alpha and it rocks, and you're sure that it will rock when it comes out... how exactly is it vaporware?
I've had the pleasure of seeing the DOOM 3 theater presentation at QuakeCon 2002, and I can assure you that DOOM 3 is no where near vaporware. It's just so advanced that it's taking a slightly longer development cycle than your typical derived engined game.
I would probably guess that it's more finished than unfinished at this point. (entirely speculation) And Todd Hollenshead did joke with the crowd at QCon that id wasn't in the habit of showing preview versions of the same game year after year at E3.
*cough*RedHat8.0*cough*
:)
Ehrm, sorry about that. Got a nasty cold right now. (/me wipes germ-filled spittle off my face.)
YMMV, but I think that RedHat 8.0 is really surprisingly usable, though it does take a little bit of tweaking. Unifying the desktops was a brilliant move, Bluecurve is servicable (certainly better than Luna!), and they're working at eliminating the complexity of install and configuration. Now if they would fix that @#$*!!! menu structure (!!Extras!!), reduce the number of separate configuration applets I need to wade through to do darn near *anything*, and reinclude MP3 support. (Licensing schmicensing.)
For that matter, it would be nice if they'd include xine or mplayer (preferably with QT and WMA support), RealPlayer, and Flash for those who gotta get their Flash game fix. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know -- it ain't OSS. While we're wishing, maybe RedHat could fund open-source alternatives?
Still, it's the largest step in the right direction I've seen a distro take. It isn't there yet, but it's closer. Don't knock it.
Ditto here! RH 8.0 is nice, and you hit the nail on the head:
.mp3 support, I thought 'Psyche' was surprisingly weak on video tools. Why not include Kino, dvgrab, gscanbus, avifile, mjpegtools, mplayer, etc?
Extras? (slaps forehead) So THAT'S where gftp, abiword, tux racer etc. went. What were they thinking? Half of the menu items removed and duplicated under "Extras"?
And although I can't knock them for the
... an actual gaming system based on linux
Did you try the Gentoo 1.4rc1 live cd? It booted, loaded the nvidia driver, and started the ut2003 demo for me with zero trouble.
37 years and running.
Halo for PC.. ive been waiting since it first came out for xbox. I want! I want!
Huh. Didn't know that. Wish they would include a prominent link to that Multimedia page on their initial "do you want to register?" web page.
Their "revamped" RPM manager makes me grouchy too, since it can only see those packages that the installation program installed, and not anything I add later. Grr... At least there's always the command-line.