John Richard Moser wrote: > How far can Ubuntu's hardware autoconfiguration go? How far does 3D > support work in Linux now? Joysticks/mice/etc? > > One fascinating idea I've had for a while was to turn a PC into a gaming > console. I hear a lot of "Windows runs my games" and "I have a high-end > gaming PC" these days. Why not burn a game onto a DVD or CD, with > Ubuntu, with the configuration set up so it boots and finds a USB drive > or hard drive and lets you pick where to save config/games to? > > This is just an off-the-cuff thought, but what about a release LiveCD > that really does boot up Nexuiz or something on boot, and shut it down > when you exit? Fast shutdown: remount all r/w drives as read-only, run > sync, wait 3 seconds, then flat out halt the system. What about a boot > menu that picks the game (read /proc/cmdline) for you? No Gnome, no > Fluxbox, no stripped UI. Just load up X, have it use the game as the WM. > > During boot, list drives found (list "initialized drives" with a > specific config file on them first) that may have configuration data > (i.e. wireless networks, save games, hardware settings...). Allow > reconfiguration, including picking a wifi network, or such. Aside from > that, pretty much "Pick profile. Configure? [No] Launching game..." > > Feasible? Interesting? Challenging? Likely to expose new and > interesting design considerations for general desktop OSes? Any > thoughts or comments at all?
I've actually done this before with Tremulous and Feisty. A little more manual than what you described but it worked. There's also already: http://live.linux-gamers.net -Cory \m/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
