One of the many reasons i'm using slackware, is just that there is no definite package system.
I feel more comfortable compiling everything myself, and that's _everything_ by myself. When installing slack i usually choose packages A, D and N, narrow those down to the most necessary packages, and go from there. I guess the only reason i'm not going www.linuxfromscratch.com (or was it org), is that i really like the/etc and init scripts of slackware.
Call it slow and alot of extra work, but i'm a console-wh*re anyway:)
Perhaps, if it does exist, it is used for some authentication of sorts, when you initiate games online with it ?
I'm not sure how it works, I dont have one, but it seems to me connections through a medium, like some big gaming server, instead of direct connection between the two isps and hence the dreamcasts, would be a waste of bandwith.
The authentication could be to avoid country mixups, lets say it was Sonic adventure japanese and american ( heh if that game cannot use gaming online, forgive me on that, i dunno virtually anything about it ) Username: SonicAdventure Password: here the japanese game connects to the american, hence tries a password like 'jappa'. It cannot connect, the connection dies, and the game gives you an error. This could also work with version differences, if you can download some game-patches or similar that would change the two games.
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farside:/var/log/packages# ls | wc -l
:)
227
And that's complete install
Chances are you wont read this, but if you do, tell me, do you really need all those 706 packages?
scar - spouting BS all over Slashdot while compiling in tty2-tty5.
One of the many reasons i'm using slackware, is just that there is no definite package system.
/etc and init scripts of slackware.
:)
I feel more comfortable compiling everything myself, and that's _everything_ by myself. When installing slack i usually choose packages A, D and N, narrow those down to the most necessary packages, and go from there. I guess the only reason i'm not going www.linuxfromscratch.com (or was it org), is that i really like the
Call it slow and alot of extra work, but i'm a console-wh*re anyway
scar - slack since '96
Perhaps, if it does exist, it is used for some authentication of sorts, when you initiate games online with it ?
I'm not sure how it works, I dont have one, but it seems to me connections through a medium, like some big gaming server, instead of direct connection between the two isps and hence the dreamcasts, would be a waste of bandwith.
The authentication could be to avoid country mixups, lets say it was Sonic adventure japanese and american ( heh if that game cannot use gaming online, forgive me on that, i dunno virtually anything about it )
Username: SonicAdventure
Password: here the japanese game connects to the american, hence tries a password like 'jappa'.
It cannot connect, the connection dies, and the game gives you an error. This could also work with version differences, if you can download some game-patches or similar that would change the two games.
that's about it
-scar