All the game has to do is link to libGL.so, so I fail to see the problem. I never did like quake much so I haven't played q3a, but I'm sure what it does is link to libGL.so like any sane opengl app should do. So.. nvidia's libGL.so or MESA's libGL.so or Big Mamma's libGL.so, it should work just fine.
amen, every now and then someone on slashdot actually makes a good post with real logic and the right kind of attitude. Thank you for actually being sensible and reasonable, and for understanding the real reason why linux is falling.
If the kid can't handle paying for what he's done, then I don't care if he commited suicide or not... we're better off without another person like him filling up a world already full of idiots who think it is their right to do whatever they want with impunity.
Yeah, it is trivial... I've been doing so much experimenting with gnome/gtk I haven't even bothered with any kde/qt apps yet... though I hope kde is better than gnome, gnome is not as great as it is made out to be =/
See, unlike most opensource developers out there, Microsoft realize that there is a goal for each piece of software they develop. Notepad was designed to be a simple text viewing program.. i.e. a "notepad". It reached that goal long ago. I have to congratulate Microsoft on avoiding bloat on at least one of their products. OSS developers better learn the same ideas soon, because I have yet to find a text editor as simple as notepad for those simple editing and reading tasks I do so often.
Sending the contents of a wav file produced by a mp3 decoder to a sound card and sending the decoded stream directly to the card will produce the exact same values going through the sound card. So... how does that produce any sort of different output depending on mp3->wav->speakers or mp3->speakers?
For some odd reason trying to bring up the website just sends me back to slashdot with a 404 message, like he is pointing the hostname to slashdots IP?
Anyone heard of something called Seer? I found a link to it on the Allgero libraries homepage. I was a C pseudocompiler/interpriter that had a library for integration into your own programs. It more closely followed the C language and still used things such as typed variables, pointers, and memory management. You could export any C function to be called by the scripting language. It's advantages were that it had a really fast optimized compiler, and the pseudocode is executed fairly fast. There some allegro graphics demos done in it that were pretty impressive. It could also be interprited directly.
Just something similar but done in a different way for those who would find some use for it. =)
Download glibc-2.2.2.tar.bz2, run configure with your preferred settings, make and then install.
BOOM! After that you got glibc 2.1.x and glibc 2.2.x installed at the same time, and the applications that need one will use it, and the ones that need another will use it.
Also, you could always just install mozilla from source.
Try comparing the size of glibc without debugging and full optimizations, you'd be surprised how much it shrinks.
Backwards compatibility is nice in the short term, but in the long term in order to embrace the future we have to let go of the past... sorry to break it to you like this.
You're an ass. People with less experience ask people with more. It's the fundemental way in which people learn. There's no harm in asking for a little help or advice from someone who might know better than you.
1) Kernel versions.. they aren't making device drivers, they are making games. I know many an app that will compile just as well on 2.0.x as it will on 2.4.x.
2) There are no problems with libraries. Let the companies use the versions they want. You can have glibc 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2 on the same system without a single problem. Heck, even throw some libc5 libraries on there for safety's sake. This is why linux has library versioning like it does.
3) Stop using XFree86 3.x. XFree86 4.0.2 is a VERY nicely done version which has rarely caused a problem for me. And with things such as DRI and EVAS coming out, along with SDL, X has become something you can draw windows decorations AND 3D vectors on.
So why don't YOU go back to YOUR little cave, and stop complaining about how linux should pretend like it's still the unix of old. Enjoy the modernization it is recieving.
I believe that is the most uninformed statement I have heard in my entire life. It almost troubles me. Is it possible to be this ignorant? wow... don't score this funny... this is just.. well.. dumb.
This guy says he's N-O-T running a unix variant.. which means linux as well. So stop giving him linux only solutions.
On the other hand, it would have helped if he told us what OS he was using, so we COULD give him ideas for that OS.
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Ahhh transgaming, another big idea with a very inactive CVS.
That isn't not having a clue about computers. That is just flat out not having a clue.
All the game has to do is link to libGL.so, so I fail to see the problem. I never did like quake much so I haven't played q3a, but I'm sure what it does is link to libGL.so like any sane opengl app should do. So.. nvidia's libGL.so or MESA's libGL.so or Big Mamma's libGL.so, it should work just fine.
amen, every now and then someone on slashdot actually makes a good post with real logic and the right kind of attitude. Thank you for actually being sensible and reasonable, and for understanding the real reason why linux is falling.
5-6 weeks? that's a long time, hopefully you meant at the minimum 5-6 days, and if you were really good 5-6 hours is a generous amount of time.
If the kid can't handle paying for what he's done, then I don't care if he commited suicide or not... we're better off without another person like him filling up a world already full of idiots who think it is their right to do whatever they want with impunity.
Yeah, it is trivial... I've been doing so much experimenting with gnome/gtk I haven't even bothered with any kde/qt apps yet... though I hope kde is better than gnome, gnome is not as great as it is made out to be =/
See, unlike most opensource developers out there, Microsoft realize that there is a goal for each piece of software they develop. Notepad was designed to be a simple text viewing program.. i.e. a "notepad". It reached that goal long ago. I have to congratulate Microsoft on avoiding bloat on at least one of their products. OSS developers better learn the same ideas soon, because I have yet to find a text editor as simple as notepad for those simple editing and reading tasks I do so often.
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AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN!! I sensible person on slashdot!! omg!! *faint*
Sending the contents of a wav file produced by a mp3 decoder to a sound card and sending the decoded stream directly to the card will produce the exact same values going through the sound card. So... how does that produce any sort of different output depending on mp3->wav->speakers or mp3->speakers?
You minimalists need to learn to lighten up and enjoy the machines that you use.
Rasterman is THE Enlightenment guy, no?
For some odd reason trying to bring up the website just sends me back to slashdot with a 404 message, like he is pointing the hostname to slashdots IP?
Anyone heard of something called Seer? I found a link to it on the Allgero libraries homepage. I was a C pseudocompiler/interpriter that had a library for integration into your own programs. It more closely followed the C language and still used things such as typed variables, pointers, and memory management. You could export any C function to be called by the scripting language. It's advantages were that it had a really fast optimized compiler, and the pseudocode is executed fairly fast. There some allegro graphics demos done in it that were pretty impressive. It could also be interprited directly. Just something similar but done in a different way for those who would find some use for it. =)
Download glibc-2.2.2.tar.bz2, run configure with your preferred settings, make and then install. BOOM! After that you got glibc 2.1.x and glibc 2.2.x installed at the same time, and the applications that need one will use it, and the ones that need another will use it. Also, you could always just install mozilla from source.
Try comparing the size of glibc without debugging and full optimizations, you'd be surprised how much it shrinks. Backwards compatibility is nice in the short term, but in the long term in order to embrace the future we have to let go of the past... sorry to break it to you like this.
or if you read the article, you'd know it was in New York...
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Allegro has some sloppy coding. Pointers get lost in the maze of it. Bad things can happen. i.e. it's not really reliable
If they used BSD code then they are fine, the BSD license allows such uses. Not EVERYTHING uses the GPL.
You're an ass. People with less experience ask people with more. It's the fundemental way in which people learn. There's no harm in asking for a little help or advice from someone who might know better than you.
1) Kernel versions.. they aren't making device drivers, they are making games. I know many an app that will compile just as well on 2.0.x as it will on 2.4.x. 2) There are no problems with libraries. Let the companies use the versions they want. You can have glibc 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2 on the same system without a single problem. Heck, even throw some libc5 libraries on there for safety's sake. This is why linux has library versioning like it does. 3) Stop using XFree86 3.x. XFree86 4.0.2 is a VERY nicely done version which has rarely caused a problem for me. And with things such as DRI and EVAS coming out, along with SDL, X has become something you can draw windows decorations AND 3D vectors on. So why don't YOU go back to YOUR little cave, and stop complaining about how linux should pretend like it's still the unix of old. Enjoy the modernization it is recieving.
I believe that is the most uninformed statement I have heard in my entire life. It almost troubles me. Is it possible to be this ignorant? wow... don't score this funny... this is just.. well.. dumb.
This guy says he's N-O-T running a unix variant.. which means linux as well. So stop giving him linux only solutions. On the other hand, it would have helped if he told us what OS he was using, so we COULD give him ideas for that OS.