Hikarunix: The Go Distro

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Posted by michael on Friday September 24, 2004 @06:30AM from the go-fish dept.

LGRiske writes "In this day and age of the Unreal Final Fantasy of Doom 3 it's nice to see a 4000 year old board game keep up the pace. There's now a whole Linux distribution dedicated to learning, playing and studying the oldest strategy game in the world, Go/Baduk/WeiQi. Named Hikarunix it is based on DamnSmallLinux, the Live Linux CD, and is small enough to fit on a 3" (80mm) miniCD. It is meant for Go players of all levels whether you've never even heard of the game or have been playing for decades."

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Go is flawed by diginux · 2004-09-24 06:31 · Score: 2, Funny

Play hex.
1. Re:Go is flawed by ackthpt · 2004-09-24 06:44 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Play hex.
  +++ MELON MELON MELON +++ +++ Out of Cheese error +++ +++ Reinstall Universe +++ +++ Redo from start +++ [ANT HILL INSIDE]
  Man, I suck at that, how about Cripple Mr. Onion?
  
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So... by Millennium · 2004-09-24 06:35 · Score: 3, Funny

Is the window manager called Sai?
Unreal Final Fantasy of Doom 3 by jetkust · 2004-09-24 06:39 · Score: 3, Funny

Yea, I know this game sounds like vaporware and all, but I assure you, it will be out before Duke Nukem Forever.
All I know about Go by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-24 06:40 · Score: 5, Funny

...I learned from watching Hikaru No Go.

Now I'm learning to pilot huge battle mechs by watching Evangelion.
Re:Reboots by Sidicas · 2004-09-24 06:46 · Score: 2, Funny

Chess is better

I agree...

Then try Shogi.

I've decided that I'll wait until someone makes a distro out of it.
Re:Why the run around? by Control+Group · 2004-09-24 06:47 · Score: 5, Funny

I don't know the size of a 3" CD off the top of my head
You know, I understand exactly what you meant, but do you realize how funny this read on my first pass?

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Re:Good name by Mateito · 2004-09-24 06:48 · Score: 1, Funny

They didn't leave it open to any 'rinux' jokes.
because we all know that Rinux is not Runix.

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High tech solution for a low tech game by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-24 06:50 · Score: 3, Funny

why not just
a piece of paper,
another player
some m&m's?
1. Re:High tech solution for a low tech game by JaredOfEuropa · 2004-09-24 07:08 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I'd eat the M&M's before the game was done. That's why computers were invented.
  
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Yeah, but... by spongman · 2004-09-24 07:01 · Score: 5, Funny

will it boot on my Atari?
(sorry)
Re:Name by Kehvarl · 2004-09-24 07:02 · Score: 2, Funny

or strip out the X bits, make the Go bits console based and cal the whole distro "Go in the Shell"
Re:As someone who's terrible at strategy games... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-24 07:05 · Score: 1, Funny

Hmm... you might be right. The first few times I was with a real female I got some strange looks when I yelled out "take it, you know you like it!" or tried to set up the "money shot".
Re:Go is not flawed by trick-knee · 2004-09-24 08:18 · Score: 3, Funny

> > I do have to admit to asking "Why?"

> it'll fit on a 3" live cd,...

plus it'll be optimized for performance. we all know how cruelly fast go can get.
Hikarunix...hmm by jack_csk · 2004-09-24 08:23 · Score: 2, Funny

Since Linux is Torvald's UNIX-like OS, is Hikarunix Utada Hikaru's?
Go is unbalanced by carcosa30 · 2004-09-24 08:46 · Score: 2, Funny

Black moving first = black rush, gg white
black gets build advantage, n00bs build 9 times faster, more unbalanced + black moves first = gg gg white

Joseki_Noob: R U KOREAN R STH?
[DAN]Go_Seigen: ^___^ kekekekeke laaaaaaa~

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You know what I was thinking?... by fawlty154 · 2004-09-24 09:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Just yesterday I was thinking "Man, I think the linux community could take off anytime now, we just need one more distro..."
Re:Never understood how that game worked by hoagieslapper · 2004-09-24 10:31 · Score: 2, Funny

I prefer learning by playing the 8x8 version that comes with WinXP.
Re:What is this game? by commodoresloat · 2004-09-24 11:35 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm too lazy to even click that link. Can't you just explain it?