Hi, in regards to the games night mentioned at the last meeting, there is a live distro called lglive and comes in two flavours, one is DVD size and the other one CD size (suitable for children and older hardware). http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download I reckon using this also at FSD is gonna draw people's attention to the event even more. I was at "Games Masters" last weekend and it is pretty much just about playing games for an unjustified admission fee. More info can be provided. Regards, Sven
I was thinking of going to Games Masters, but the price put me off it, as I only wanted a quick look at it. Is it worth going if you are not an all round gamer, that is, you have niche genres you are interested in? On 20/08/12 16:24, Sven@GMX wrote:
Hi,
in regards to the games night mentioned at the last meeting, there is a live distro called lglive and comes in two flavours, one is DVD size and the other one CD size (suitable for children and older hardware).
http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download
I reckon using this also at FSD is gonna draw people's attention to the event even more. I was at "Games Masters" last weekend and it is pretty much just about playing games for an unjustified admission fee. More info can be provided.
Regards,
Sven
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On 20/08/12 16:38, Dennis K wrote:
I was thinking of going to Games Masters, but the price put me off it, as I only wanted a quick look at it. I'd say for that purpose save the money.
Is it worth going if you are not an all round gamer, that is, you have niche genres you are interested in? There are about a dozen gaming machines you still find in several pubs, some PS2&3, PC based games as well but I think the ipad dominates. It is used for background info on Software developers and companies (that's what made it not a total waste of that admission fee for me) and for games as well.
They got a display of consoles which is far from complete and not much info about them either. They claim to have 125 games you can play and visitors are advised to limit the time at any one machine to 5 minutes. Sven
On 20/08/12 16:24, Sven@GMX wrote:
Hi,
in regards to the games night mentioned at the last meeting, there is a live distro called lglive and comes in two flavours, one is DVD size and the other one CD size (suitable for children and older hardware).
http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download
I reckon using this also at FSD is gonna draw people's attention to the event even more. I was at "Games Masters" last weekend and it is pretty much just about playing games for an unjustified admission fee. More info can be provided.
Regards,
Sven
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There was another exhibit at ACMI, might still be there, where they have a few old consoles on display, including the Odyssey and I think a Coleco Vision with the paddles (I used to have one of those). It would really be the retro stuff I would be into. On 20/08/12 20:39, Sven@GMX wrote:
On 20/08/12 16:38, Dennis K wrote:
I was thinking of going to Games Masters, but the price put me off it, as I only wanted a quick look at it. I'd say for that purpose save the money.
Is it worth going if you are not an all round gamer, that is, you have niche genres you are interested in? There are about a dozen gaming machines you still find in several pubs, some PS2&3, PC based games as well but I think the ipad dominates. It is used for background info on Software developers and companies (that's what made it not a total waste of that admission fee for me) and for games as well.
They got a display of consoles which is far from complete and not much info about them either.
They claim to have 125 games you can play and visitors are advised to limit the time at any one machine to 5 minutes.
Sven
On 20/08/12 16:24, Sven@GMX wrote:
Hi,
in regards to the games night mentioned at the last meeting, there is a live distro called lglive and comes in two flavours, one is DVD size and the other one CD size (suitable for children and older hardware).
http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download
I reckon using this also at FSD is gonna draw people's attention to the event even more. I was at "Games Masters" last weekend and it is pretty much just about playing games for an unjustified admission fee. More info can be provided.
Regards,
Sven
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On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 04:24:14PM +1000, Sven@GMX wrote:
in regards to the games night mentioned at the last meeting, there is a live distro called lglive and comes in two flavours, one is DVD size and the other one CD size (suitable for children and older hardware).
Thanks - this is a great starting point. If it had Alien Arena Reloaded it would be even better, but that's probably not too hard to fix. I do really like the PXE-boot option, and will have to get that working. I had actually already considered the possibility of doing something like this, but suspected it would be too time-consuming to implement. Perhaps not! It would be great to know what hardware (if any) will be available on the day. Will there be desktop computers at/near the venue we will have access to? What about network infrastructure (Gigabit switches, network cables, etc.) that people can plug into? Are there any venue policies that might prevent somebody connecting a personal laptop to the same LAN as university/company infrastructure? Cheers, Adam
On 20 Aug 2012 21:07, "Adam Bolte" <abolte@systemsaviour.com> wrote:
It would be great to know what hardware (if any) will be available on the
day. At this stage I think we should assume we'll have to bring everything ourselves. But Lev sometimes reads this list; perhaps he can answer better? Alex
Can I ask the date? On 21/08/12 19:30, Alex Fraser wrote:
On 20 Aug 2012 21:07, "Adam Bolte"<abolte@systemsaviour.com> wrote:
It would be great to know what hardware (if any) will be available on the
day.
At this stage I think we should assume we'll have to bring everything ourselves. But Lev sometimes reads this list; perhaps he can answer better?
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Hi all, Would anyone like to volunteer to organise this? I'm snowed under with other stuff at the moment. By the way http://live.linux-gamers.net/ looks awesome. I'm happy to help burn some discs to give out on the day. Cheers, Alex
On 21 August 2012 19:43, Dennis K <dennisk@netspace.net.au> wrote:
Can I ask the date?
It's on Saturday the 15th of September: http://softwarefreedomday.org/ Alex
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