Re: DOOM engine for modern Linux systems?

2008-06-09 Thread Erich Newell
As far as quake goes...it went open source forever ago...and you'd want GLQuake for sure. On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 11:36 PM, mike havens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ancient? heck no! Galga is ancient pacman. pong! > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 11:56 PM, Kurt Granroth > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EM

Re: DOOM engine for modern Linux systems?

2008-06-09 Thread Patrick Jacques
Check out: http://www.doomsdayhq.com/index.php Patrick Kurt Granroth wrote: Does anybody currently play classic DOOM (DOOM, DOOM II, and Final DOOM) on Linux?  If so, what do you use? I got bit by a nostalgia bug lately and want to play the original DOOM.  I remember using Doo

Re: DOOM engine for modern Linux systems?

2008-06-09 Thread irb
* Quoth Kurt Granroth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), on Sun, 2008.06.08, at 20:56 -0700: > Does anybody currently play classic DOOM (DOOM, DOOM II, and Final DOOM) > on Linux? If so, what do you use? On those occasional times when NetHack just doesn't cut it, I have been known to play a bit of Doom/Doom ]

3rd for Ubuntu desktop class

2008-06-09 Thread der.hans
moin moin, I was just looking for the URL for the Ubuntu desktop class that we're using for the PLUG meetings. When I googled for 'Ubuntu desktop class' the PLUG home page came up as the 3rd result. Links to PLUG mailing list archives were 3 of the next 10 hits. Just thought I'd share :). http

Re: DOOM engine for modern Linux systems?

2008-06-09 Thread Dan Lund
oh come now, everyone knows ascii-doom is the way to go :) Thanks, Dan Lund On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 12:15 AM, irb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Quoth Kurt Granroth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), on Sun, 2008.06.08, at 20:56 -0700: > On those occasional times when NetHack just doesn't cut it, I have been >

Re: DOOM engine for modern Linux systems?

2008-06-09 Thread David Bendit
You mean DoomRL? http://doom.chaosforge.org/ Including ascii-art versions of the various enemies on their help pages! -David Dan Lund wrote: > oh come now, everyone knows ascii-doom is the way to go :) > > > Thanks, > Dan Lund > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 12:15 AM, irb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: OT Mobilization Orders

2008-06-09 Thread Mike Garfias
kevin - Any idea what unit you'll be assigned to? And do they give you any time to spin up, or just outfit you and toss you into the fray? Mike On Jun 6, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Kevin Faulkner wrote: > > Well as the subject says, I got called up from IRR to Active Duty. > > PS for any... war pl

Re: OT Mobilization Orders

2008-06-09 Thread Kevin Faulkner
On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 09:56:56AM -0700, Mike Garfias wrote: > kevin - > > Any idea what unit you'll be assigned to? And do they give you any > time to spin up, or just outfit you and toss you into the fray? > > Mike Thanks to everyone for the good wishes. Mike I will be assigned to the 442nd

Re: OT Mobilization Orders

2008-06-09 Thread Ed
Kevin, When you get in country - find out what those there want - the little "why can't we get this crap" kind of stuff - cheaper the better ;) and let us know - I think we can get some support from PLUG to get together a care pkg. (new version of apt-get..?.) Once you are near your half way day,

Seeking Mid-range Unix admin

2008-06-09 Thread Rutledge, Shawn (00210)
Okay, I know it isn't Linux, but I figured it was close enough to float out there and see who was interested. My client is looking for an Administrator with 3-5 + years of experience with AIX, SUN, and HP Unix for some critical data storage projects. Need someone who understands technologies and t

Re: DOOM engine for modern Linux systems?

2008-06-09 Thread Dan Lund
Looks pretty retro to me hah I was talking about a library that's available which can take all graphics and convert them to direct ascii graphics! I've played with it a couple of times back when telnet was the only way to connect to my home machine (before ssh) to test the speed of my 56k modem. I

Re: DOOM engine for modern Linux systems?

2008-06-09 Thread Ryan Meldrum
There are several engines which will run all 3 dooms, zdoom is one, vavoom is the other. I have used both and they do work well. Zdoom used to have mouse aiming, but somewhere along the way, it broke. In addition to the above, using Dosemu or Dos box will allow you to play pretty much any of

Re: DOOM engine for modern Linux systems?

2008-06-09 Thread Kurt Granroth
That one looks pretty interesting. The compilation requirements are a bit onerous, though, so we'll have to see if it's worth it. It does like quite a bit more advanced than most of the rest... Patrick Jacques wrote: Check out: http://www.doomsdayhq.com/index.php Patrick Kurt Granroth wro

Re: DOOM engine for modern Linux systems?

2008-06-09 Thread Kurt Granroth
It's not so much that "I want to play DOOM" as much as "I want to play DOOM on Linux". Pretty much every decent DOOM engine has a binary for OS X so I could (and have, in the past) go that route. This time, I want to see if I can get any of the Linux ports to give me a screen that uses my dua

Re: DOOM engine for modern Linux systems?

2008-06-09 Thread Dan Lund
Just wanted to throw out there that I found a website that talks about the necessities to run Doom under Linux. http://www.rocket99.com/linux/doom.html http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/DooM-Legacy-Download-604.html (this one uses opengl) http://www.doomworld.com/ports/linux_unix.shtml (somet

Re: OT Mobilization Orders

2008-06-09 Thread Jason Hayes
On Friday 06 June 2008 12:04:45 pm Kevin Faulkner wrote: > Well as the subject says, I got called up from IRR to Active Duty. Kevin: Haven't met you, but I definitely owe you (and the others here that have served) a huge debt of gratitude. Thank you for your service!! Stay safe! -- Jason H