Neverball

[jb]

green_man wrote:

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> jb wrote, On 12/23/04 9:35 PM:
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>> If anyone wants a couple decent games, Neverball is a good one and 
>> the new upgrade comes with Neverputt which is an addictive putput 
>> golf. I think the DAG repository has it for RH9 at least. Just 
>> thought I would post some non-sensical Linux game stuff.
>> jb
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> Linux game stuff is *not* non-sensical, at least to me.
> I have been trying unsuccessfully to get any game to run on this box 
> with onboard sound and video.
> I think games will be the second major route on the Linux migration.
> Most young people's first exposure to using a computer is probably via 
> games, followed by web browsers.
> Like Joshua's article about FireFox said, "Your children in college 
> are already using it."
> Interoperabilty with office software and games seem to be the two 
> major hurdles.
> First, office apps, then games, then, the downfall of MicroSoft due to 
> a major Linux migration of the public.
>
I agree, I should have chosen a better way to describe games. I'm sure 
there are plenty of gamers out there who would disagree with that 
description too. I didn't mean anything negative by it, just that games 
isn't the usual subject matter here.
My nephew uses Winblows 98 which for the most part uses it for games. I 
burned him a Knoppix CD and he pops that in quite often just to play 
some of the games. I think Knoppix is an excellent way to safely expose 
Linux to someone for the first time.  He says his next computer is going 
to be a dual boot.  My brother also wants to go dual boot when he  
either gets a new computer or adds a new HD.  He is sick of having to 
FDISK his HD and he seems to have to do that at least once a year just 
to keep Winblows running like it should. I showed him my dual boot and 
he was very impressed with it and how well it runs. It blows his mind 
that I don't have to restart it every day just to get it to run like it 
should. He uses his computer mainly for AutoCAD so a dual boot is ideal 
for his situation.
jb