I'm all for scheduled gaming events and signage. I should have had signage. But when the terminal server was down it WAS the only terminal. The reason I didn't create any events was do to hardware or lack thereof. I was expecting 2 machines, and if I hadn't have forgotten about rick offering me his videocard for the con we could have potentially had 3. but my machine wasn't up to par, and I didn't find out Jason's machine wasn't going to be available until 5-ish on Friday April 20th, when he called me at the con. 1 machine for gaming isn't enough for an event, it would be for mythtv. <div>On 4/25/07, Marshal Newrock <<a href="mailto:marshal@idealso.com">marshal@idealso.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> It looks like as we circle round and round on this topic, we slowly begin to approach consensus. As has been pointed out, while Penguicon is not kid-hostile, neither does it claim to be kid-friendly.  If we set up "kid-friendly" machines, it might be implied that we're accepting responsibility for the kids, and that's not something we want to do.  Also, space is limited, and I'd rather reserve as much space as possible for the Installfest, although it's difficult to say if it will be as possible if Ubuntu doesn't release a new version at the same time as Penguicon. I'm guessing it will. On the other hand, there's a number of games which are simple and low-cpu, and which could run on the terminals.  If we simply avoid any 3D games, we've probably got a very good selection.  I don't think that would be inappropriate use of the terminals, as long as there's usually some free.  Next year, if the hotel wireless is up to par, the computer lounge may see less use.  They've got a year to implement the plan that was given to them, so we shall see. I think the biggest problem with computer gaming was a lack of scheduled events.  Similar to MythTV, without events and demos, it was just another computer.  I know at least one person attempted to use it as a terminal.  And as just another computer, it didn't advocate computer gaming on Linux at all, it was just a place for people (especially kids) to play.  So scheduled talks could do much for this. To restate my original thought of having it in a different room, I don't think most people would care if it's only available for a few hours on one night.  Most people didn't come to the con to play games. I'm not vehemently opposed to having it in the computer lounge itself, but the question is, what kind of draw would a demonstration of computer gaming on Linux have?  I'm simply not sure there'd be adequate space. Nothing needs to be decided now, of course.  We have at least half a year to decide, and it also depends on the final hotel plans. -- Marshal Newrock Ideal Solution, LLC - <a href="http://www.idealso.com">http://www.idealso.com</a> _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu"> linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div> -- Caleb Cushing