[GLLUG] more Penguicon thoughts

[Caleb Cushing]

is openquake 3d? if not would it matter? I'm not sure doom is considered 3d.
anyways there have been requests for lots of games that could easily be on
the terminal server. like stuff in dos emulators.

On 5/1/07, Richard Houser <rick at divinesymphony.net> wrote:
>
> Not really.  Running the GPU and CPU separated by a network is  BAD
> thing.  A 100Mhz machine with local GPU would run circles around that.
> You might be able to get it hosted by the terminal server and running
> locally, however (LTSP can do do it).
>
> Eduardo Cesconetto wrote:
> > would they run on it?
> >
> > On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 20:04 -0400, Caleb Cushing wrote:
> >> or we could run those games on the TERMINAL SERVER.
> >>
> >> On 5/2/07, Eduardo Cesconetto <eduardo at cesconetto.com > wrote:
> >>         I'm sorry if I am repeating myself here, but I still believe
> >>         that if we
> >>         actually give more emphases to open source games, we would
> >>         need more
> >>         "common" hardware to play, therefore it would be a lot easier
> >>         to find
> >>         machines, even old iMac 400Mhz running YellowDog can play
> >>         OpenQuake
> >>         fast, and they are a dime a dozen..
> >>
> >>         On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 19:42 -0400, Caleb Cushing wrote:
> >>         > the only other place for pc gaming might be... the gaming
> >>         room. still
> >>         > the problem both years was having one machine. we really
> >>         need more
> >>         > people helping to find hardware for this or more people
> >>         donating.
> >>         >
> >>         > On 5/1/07, Charles Ulrich <charles at idealso.com> wrote:
> >>         >         On Monday 23 April 2007 15:05, Caleb Cushing wrote:
> >>         >         > I like the Idea of a seperate gaming room.
> >>         Although I would
> >>         >         want it
> >>         >         > to be a permanent installation for the weekend
> >>         because the
> >>         >         hardware
> >>         >         > would be too much to set up and tear down every
> >>         night.
> >>         >
> >>         >         That's pretty much not going to happen,
> >>         unfortunately. Every
> >>         >         single
> >>         >         Penguicon has had problems finding space for
> >>         everything, even
> >>         >         to the
> >>         >         point that they sometimes consider displacing things
> >>         that are
> >>         >         normal
> >>         >         parts of a con like the dealer's room. The only time
> >>         they go
> >>         >         out of
> >>         >         their way to make room for something new is if it
> >>         turned out
> >>         >         to be
> >>         >         extremely popular the year before. And in terms of
> >>         popularity
> >>         >         and
> >>         >         demand, computer gaming has been very nearly at the
> >>         bottom of
> >>         >         the
> >>         >         barrel every consecutive year.
> >>         >
> >>         >         Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see computer games
> >>         thrive at
> >>         >         Penguicon
> >>         >         (I was once a gamer myself), I just don't see a very
> >>         large
> >>         >         audience for
> >>         >         it.
> >>         >
> >>         >         --
> >>         >         Charles Ulrich
> >>         >         Ideal Solution, LLC -- http://www.idealso.com
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> >>         >
> >>         >
> >>         >
> >>         > --
> >>         > Caleb Cushing
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> >>         --
> >>         Eduardo Cesconetto
> >>         eduardo at cesconetto.com
> >>         (517)507-5966
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Caleb Cushing
>
>


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